Alexander of Alexandria: Discourse on the Incarnation of our Lord, and on the Soul and the Body

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CPG 2004

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Note This work exists in a long and short version; the long version is preserved in Coptic and has usually been attributed to Athanasius, while the short version has survived in Syriac and is attributed to Alexander; for more complete information see Budge below. pp. xlv-xlix.
Incipit long version  
Ancient source for long version British Museum, Codex Oriental 5001, fol. 142b-162a
Modern edition for long version E.A.W. Budge, Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt edited from the Papyrus codex Oriental 5001 in the British Museum (Oxford 1910), pp.115-32
English Translation for long version E.A.W. Budge, Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt edited from the Papyrus codex Oriental 5001 in the British Museum (Oxford 1910), pp.258-74
Incipit short version  
Ancient source for short version One manuscript: British Museum Add. 17,192 (fol. 278a-282a)
Modern edition for short version E.A.W. Budge, Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt edited from the Papyrus codex Oriental 5001 in the British Museum (Oxford 1910), pp.407-15
English translation for short version E.A.W. Budge, Coptic Homilies in the Dialect of Upper Egypt edited from the Papyrus codex Oriental 5001 in the British Museum (Oxford 1910), pp.417-24


pp.115-132; 258-274; 407-24.

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