Studies in Christianity in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt by some of the world's leading Coptic Studies scholars, new in paperback Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past seventeen hundred years. Many of the studies center on the person and legacy of the great Coptic saint, Shenoute the Archimandrite (348–466 CE), looking at his preserved writings, his life, his place in Pachomian monasticism, his relations with the patriarchs in Alexandria, and the life in his monastic system. Other studies deal with the art, architecture, and archaeology of the two great monasteries that he founded and the archaeological and artistic heritage of the region. Contributors: Heike Behlmer , University of Göttingen, Germany Elizabeth Bolman , Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA Anne Boud’hors , Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, Paris, France Andrew Crislip , Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA Stephen Emmel , University of Münster, Germany Cäcilia Fluck , Museum of Byzantine Art, Berlin, Germany James Goehring , University of Mary Washington, Virginia, USA Suzana Hodak , University of Münster, Germany Dale Kinney , Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA Rebecca Krawiec , Canisius University, New York State, USA Bentley Layton, Yale University, Connecticut, USA Catherine Louis , UMR 7044 (´Etude des civilisations de l’antiquité), Strasbourg, France Nina Lubomierski , Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirch, Bavaria Germany Nashaat Mekhaiel Samuel Moawad , Institute of Egyptology and Coptology, Münster, Germany Siegfried G. Richter , University of Münster, Germany Ashraf Alexandre Sadek , University of Limoges, France. Sofia Schaten Zuzana Skálová , independent scholar Bigoul al-Suriany , Syrian Monastery, Wadi al-Natrun, Egypt Mark Swanson , Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA Hany N. Takla , Claremont Graduate University, California, USA Janet Timbie , The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA Jacques Van der Vliet , Leiden University, The Netherlands Youhanna Nessim Youssef , University College Stockholm, Sweden Ugo Zanetti , Chevetogne Benedictine Monastery, Belgium