[Content] The eucharistic liturgy in the Coptic tradition is the result of centuries of historical evolution throughout the medieval period. In this course, this historical evolution is explored in its major phases through the available textual evidence of historical witnesses, liturgical manuscripts of the Bohairic Coptic tradition, and relevant works of Copto-Arabic literature. The course is struc‧tured around the major sections of the Coptic eucharistic liturgy: the prothesis, the Liturgy of the Word, the pre-anaphora, and the anaphoras of Basil, Gregory, and Cyril.

[Scope] To introduce students to the major phases of the evolution of the Coptic liturgy through a close reading of primary sources.