Basics of Sahidic Coptic (A. Josiah Chappell)
Basics of Sahidic Coptic Video Lectures, taught by A. Josiah Chappell and designed for use with the Basics of Sahidic Coptic textbook introduces students and independent learners to Sahidic Coptic.
Intended for students approaching Coptic for the first time, Basics of Sahidic Coptic Video Lectures provides 29 easy-to-follow lessons introducing the most extensively documented dialect of the Coptic language. Its many extant texts from the first millennium are especially relevant to scholars of both the Old and New Testaments, Egyptologists studying Egyptian linguistics, and scholars of early Christianity and gnostic movements in Egypt, offering valuable insights into textual history and interpretation.
These video lectures are an ideal resource for formal Coptic language students wanting additional help in their learning; for instructors wanting to devote classroom time to drills and exercises, giving them a lecture tool their students can watch on their own time; and for armchair students of Sahidic Coptic with an interest in learning on their own. Chappell equips students with the essential tools and vocabulary to begin learning Sahidic Coptic and to start translating texts early in their studies.
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Introduction to Coptic
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 1 - Letters and Sounds
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 2 - Scribal Marks and Syllables
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 3 - Nouns and the Definite Article
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 4 - The Indefinite Article and Ownership
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 5 - Adjectives and Nominal Sentences
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic - Session 6 - Pronouns and More Articles
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Basics of Sahidic Coptic -Session 7- Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Clause