Aziz Suryal Atiya

Professor Aziz Suryal Atiya ( _ar. عزيز سوريال عطية; July 5, 1898 - September 24, 1988) [http://www.egyptradio.tv/characters.asp?PageIndex=3&cat_id=9&char_selected=18 Egypt Radio] ] was a prominent Coptologist who was a Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies.

Professor Atiya was the founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in 1950s, and was also the founder of the Middle East Center, University of Utah. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/PN1YR1HMUGAQ Coptology Amazon] ] .

His library, The Aziz Atiya Library for Middle East Studies at University of Utah, is considered the fifth largest such collection in North America and is recognized internationally as a major research library in this field. [ [http://www.hum.utah.edu/display.php?pageId=250 Aziz Atiya Library] ]

Work

Professor Atiya published a large study "The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages" in 1938, and was also the first author of The Coptic Encyclopedia published in 1991.

The chapters on the Copts in his book "The History of Eastern Christianity" (1968, 1980) have become landmarks, not only for specialists but also for the general public. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/PN1YR1HMUGAQ Coptology Amazon] ]

It was Atiya who, after many lively debates with the publishers and their readers, had the words 'Coptology' and 'Coptologist' introduced into the English language." (John H. Watson, "Among the Copts") He could speak Egyptian, English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, and to a lesser extent, Spanish, Greek, Coptic, Turkish, Welsh, and Dutch.

Publications

*"The Arabic Manuscripts of Mount Sinai: A Hand-list of the Arabic Manuscripts and Scrolls Microfilmed at the Library of the Monastery of St. Catherine" (1955). ASIN B0006AU4NM.
*"The Coptic Encyclopedia", vol. 1 (1991). ASIN B000VO57ZI.
*"The Copts and Christian Civilization" (1979). ISBN 978-0874801453.
*"Crusade, Commerce and Culture" (1962). ISBN ASIN B0000CLOTM.
*"The Crusade" (1977). ISBN 978-0837183640.
*"The Crusade Historigraphy and Bibliography" (1962). ASIN B0000CLOU1.
*"The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages", 2nd. ed. (1970). ASIN B0006D07U4.
*"The Crusade of Nicopolis" (1934). ASIN B0008620YK.
*"Crusades" (1962). ISBN ISBN-13: 978-0196900087.
*"Egypt and Aragon: Embassies and Diplomatic Correspondence Between 1300 and 1330 A.D." (1966). ASIN B0007J1LYI.
*"A Fourteenth Century Encyclopedist from Alexandria" (1977). ASIN B0006XYA4I.
*"A History of Eastern Christianity" (1980). ISBN 978-0527037031. This is an expanded edition of the first edition published in 1968. ASIN B000IOZ7AG.
*"The Monastery of St Catherine and the Mount Sinai Expedition" (1952). ASIN B0007EBOK4.

ee also

*Coptic history
*Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

External links

* [http://db3-sql.staff.library.utah.edu/lucene/Manuscripts/Accn0480.xml Aziz S. Atiya Biography]
*Atiya, Aziz S. "The Coptic Encyclopedia". New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X.
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Aziz%20Suryal%20Atiya&page=1 Books titles by Aziz Suryal Atiya]

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