Christian Cannuyer

Christian Cannuyer
Born 1957 (age 60–61)
Nationality Belgian
Occupation Coptologist, historian of religion
Awards Prix Eugène Goblet d'Alviella

Christian Cannuyer (born 1957[1]) is a Belgian historian of religion, professor at the Lille Catholic University,[2][3] a specialist in Coptic Studies and a genealogist.

Career

Christian Cannuyer teaches ancient Near Eastern religions, Christian church history, and Coptic language at the Theological Faculty of Lille Catholic University.[4] He has published a number of books, including a volume on the Copts – Les Coptes (1990, collection "Fils d'Abraham"), which won the 1991 Eugène Goblet d'Alviella Prize in the History of Religions of the Royal Academy of Belgium;[5][6] a heavily illustrated pocket book for the collection "Découvertes Gallimard" – L'Égypte copte, les chrétiens du Nil (2000), which is only available in English and French. He has also authored many articles, such as Akhénaton, précurseur du monothéisme ?, Histoire de la Nubie chrétienne, et cetera.

Cannuyer is editor of the "Fils d'Abraham" collection at Brepols, published in collaboration with the Centre Informatique et Bible of the Maredsous Abbey.[7] He is the president of the Société Belge d'Études Orientales since 1994 and member of the Administrative Council of the Francophone Association of Coptic Studies. Since 2013, he is director of the magazine Solidarité-Orient in Brussels.[5][8] In addition to Coptology and genealogy, Cannuyer also writes on the subject of Bahá'í Faith.

Selected bibliography

A 4th–5th century Coptic textile, featured on the cover of Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile.
  • Les Coptes, collection « Fils d'Abraham ». Éditions Brepols, 1990
  • L'Égypte copte, les chrétiens du Nil, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 395), série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 2000
    • UK edition – Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile, 'New Horizons' series. Thames & Hudson, 2001
    • US edition – Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile, "Abrams Discoveries" series. Abrams Books, 2001
  • Coptes du Nil : Entre les pharaons et l'Islam, ces chrétiens d'Égypte aujourd'hui, Éditions L'Archange Minotaure, 2007
  • La girafe dans l'Égypte ancienne et le verbe « sr », collection « Acta Orientalia Subsidia ». Éditions de la Société Belge d'Études Orientales, 2010
Collective work
  • AA.VV., L'Art copte en Égypte : 2000 ans de christianisme, « Livres d'Art ». Éditions Gallimard, 2000
  • AA.VV., The Bible, its languages and its translations, Bayard, 2014

References

  1. ↑ "Cannuyer, Christian". viaf.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ↑ "Cannuyer, Christian (1957-....)". BnF (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Christian Cannuyer". mercatornet.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Christian Cannuyer (Catho)". univ-catholille.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. 1 2 Cannuyer, Christian (2001). Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile. 'New Horizons' series. Translated by Hawkes, Sophie. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-500-30104-3. About the author
  6. ↑ "C. Cannuyer – Les Catholiques français". Brepols (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  7. ↑ "Christian Cannuyer (Babelio)". babelio.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  8. ↑ "Christian Cannuyer (Kheper)". Association égyptologique néo-louvaniste Kheper (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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