Periodic Reporting for period 2 - APOCRYPHA (Storyworlds in Transition: Coptic Apocrypha in Changing Contexts in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods)

A great number of apocryphal texts and traditions has been preserved in late-antique and medieval Coptic manuscripts from Egypt. Although the use of apocrypha was at times controversial, the surviving evidence indicates the widespread use of such literature in monasteries...