Fordham University

Department of Theology
Elementary Coptic I
Fall 2011

Have you been wondering how you could learn Coptic?

And really learn it? Are you interested in early
Christianity? The history and language of Egypt?
Gnostic texts? Monks, nuns, and other desert ascetics?

Come join us at Fordham for one, two, or three

semesters of instruction in the language of early
Christian Egypt. Our program of instruction begins in Fall 2011 with:

Elementary Coptic I
Wednesdays and Fridays
4:00-5:15 PM

Rose Hill campus (Bronx, convenient by car or: Metro-North; D train; or 4 train)

Instructor: Kevin W. Wilkinson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in New Testament and Early Christianity

Dr. Kevin Wilkinson (Ph.D., Yale) has taught Coptic at Yale multiple times and will
be joining our faculty at Fordham for 2011-12. An expert philologist and historian,
Dr. Wilkinson studied Coptic under Bentley Layton (Yale), the preeminent
grammarian of the Coptic language, and did additional study in Coptic papyrology at
the Papyrussammlung of the Austrian National Library (Vienna). He has broad
research interests in early Christianity and late antiquity.

Open to graduate and seminary students and advanced undergraduates. Fordham

students and affiliates can sign up through the usual registration mechanisms. Others
may contact the Theology department for further information. (Dr. Brad Hinze,
bhinze@fordham.edu; or Dr. Michael Peppard, mpeppard@fordham.edu)