TY - BOOK AU - Youhanna Nessim Youssef يوحنا نسيم يوسف TI - The Interpretations of The Theotokias by The Patriarch John Ibn Qiddis SN - 9781463239497 AV - BX2160.A2 I26739 2020 U1 - 242/.74 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New Jersey PB - Gorgias Press KW - English KW - Arabic KW - Coptic KW - Coptic language KW - Texts KW - Theology KW - Liturgy اللاهوت الطقسي - الليتورجيا N1 - Ibn Qiddīs active 14th century Theotokias N2 - "The theotokias are prayers dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (Theotokos). In the early fourteenth century, the Patriarch of the Coptic Church, Ibn Qiddis, composed and paraphrased - in Coptic - the Theotokias. His work has only survived in a single manuscript. This book introduces the author, John Ibn Qiddis, his liturgical, pastoral, and literary activities, and the Coptic language of his time, followed by the texts and an English translation"-- ER -