Wolfgang Kosack
Encyclopedia
Wolfgang Kosack is a German Egyptologist
and author. He is one of the world's leading Copt
ic scholars. He is an expert in the translation of the ancient Coptic language
; he lives and works in Berlin, Germany
.
Egyptology
Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”...
and author. He is one of the world's leading Copt
Copt
The Copts are the native Egyptian Christians , a major ethnoreligious group in Egypt....
ic scholars. He is an expert in the translation of the ancient Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...
; he lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Works
- Lehrbuch des Koptischen. Teil I: Koptische Grammatik. Teil II: Koptische Lesestücke, Graz 1974.
- Wenz, W., Spanz, B. & Kosack, W., "Blick in die Vergangenheit: Ägyptische Mumie im Röntgenlicht," Der Radiologe 15, 1975, 45-49.
- Alltag im alten Ägypten. Aus der Ägyptensammlung des Museums, Freiburg i. Br. 1974.
- "Antike Touristen in Aegypten," Armant 13, 1974, 3-20.
- "Zwei koptische Texte aus der Bonner Universitätsbibliothek," Muséon 85, 1972, 419-424.
- Historisches Kartenwerk Ägyptens. Altägyptische Fundstellen. Mittelalterliches arabisches Ägypten. *Koptische Kultur (Delta, Mittelägypten, Oberägypten). Bearbeitet, gezeichnet und kommentiert, Bonn 1971.
- "Der Gattungsbegriff "Volkserzählung"," Fabula, Berlin-New York 12, 1971, 18-47.
- "Koptische Kirchenlieder der Osterzeit," Armant 7, 1970, 5-44.
- Die Legende im Koptischen. Untersuchungen zur Volksliteratur Ägyptens, Bonn 1970.
- "Ein altaegyptisches Hausbuch der Tiermedizin," Armant 3, 1969,172-184.
- "Hieroglyphen - die Entzauberung ihres Geheimnisses," Armant 2, 1968, 69-100.
- "Ein satirischer Briefwechsel zwischen Hori und Amenemope," Armant 2, 1968, 104-112.
- "Eine neue Droge in der altägyptischen Medizin," Armant 1, 1968, 2-10.