Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect

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Bible translation Coptic literary work

The Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect is an early and extensive translation of the Christian scriptures into the Sahidic variety of the Coptic language, serving as a major witness to early biblical text and Coptic Christianity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible translation ⓘ Coptic literary work ⓘ
approximateDate	3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ
contains	Acts of the Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Revelation NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic Epistles NERFINISHED ⓘ Deuterocanonical books NERFINISHED ⓘ Gospels ⓘ New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline Epistles NERFINISHED ⓘ
dialectRegion	Thebaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
form	codex ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Septuagint NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Sahidic Coptic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Coptic language NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	European libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ North American libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ monastic libraries ⓘ museum collections ⓘ
primaryRegionOfUse	Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
script	Coptic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	earliest extensive Bible translation into Coptic ⓘ major witness to Coptic Christianity ⓘ major witness to early biblical text ⓘ
sourceFor	New Testament textual criticism ⓘ Septuagint studies ⓘ history of Egyptian Christianity ⓘ history of the Coptic language ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	Coptology ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
textType	early version ⓘ
tradition	Coptic Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Coptic Orthodox Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Coptic monastic communities ⓘ
usedFor	liturgical reading ⓘ monastic study ⓘ private devotion ⓘ
writingMaterial	papyrus ⓘ parchment ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet-derived script ⓘ

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Sahidic Coptic → primaryCorpusIncludes → Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect ⓘ