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Unveiling Coptic Liturgy: Exploring Roots in Jewish Second Temple Texts

by Emile Tadros

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  • Publisher: Agora University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

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This exploration is an initial attempt to shed light on the mutual interaction between Coptic and Jewish traditions by demonstrating a Jewish impact on the early stage of the Alexandrian Church as seen in the Coptic Morning Service. It explores the possible influence of the Jewish liturgies and prayers, including the writings of the late Second Temple era (200 BCE-70 CE) on some of the origins of fundamental Coptic rituals. The Coptic Morning Service holds almost identical texts and order of prayers, along with many major Jewish thematic interrelations.

This study argues for an important lacuna in the spirituality of the contemporary Coptic worshiper. The mystifications surrounding many Coptic liturgical components prevent parishioners from praying with understanding (1 Cor. 14:15). The twenty-first century Copt needs a sort of "Halakah" guidance towards their worshiping practices.

This research hopes to offer a potential reconstruction of the early history of the Alexandrian Church through liturgy that could open a new scholarly field of Judeo-Coptic studies.

  • Title

    Unveiling Coptic Liturgy: Exploring Roots in Jewish Second Temple Texts

  • Publisher

    Agora University Press

  • Published

    January 2026

  • Weight

    382g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781950831470

  • ISBN-10

    1950831477

  • Eden Code

    7395001

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