This article, written for a wide audience in Dutch, provides a summary of the author's PhD dissertation, Episcopal Networks and Authority in Late Antique Egypt (defended in November 2017, published... Show moreThis article, written for a wide audience in Dutch, provides a summary of the author's PhD dissertation, Episcopal Networks and Authority in Late Antique Egypt (defended in November 2017, published by Peeters in Leuven in 2018), on seventh-century bishops who represented a new church hierarchy and were organizing it on a local level. This hierarchy is the forerunner of the present-day Coptic Orthodox Church. Show less
This contribution presents the preliminary results of the author's PhD research, with a focus on Bishop Abraham of Hermonthis (ca. 590-621). Previously, it was assumed that the bishop died between... Show moreThis contribution presents the preliminary results of the author's PhD research, with a focus on Bishop Abraham of Hermonthis (ca. 590-621). Previously, it was assumed that the bishop died between ca. 610 and 620, but the author argues that he passed away in 621. Show less
