Description
This work by Bentley Layton is a newly revised, third edition of the usual reference grammar of Coptic within the classical Sahidic dialect. In comparison to the former edition, A Coptic Grammar contains new additions and corrections, and retains a whole index locorum of examples cited within the grammar. Citations are the backbone of any reference grammar, and this index offers readers immediate get admission to to a grammatical discussion of about three thousand citations of classical Coptic. Especially noteworthy is the in depth use of citations from the distinguished Coptic stylist Shenoute of Atripe.