Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun

De Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun be Coptic text wey dem ascribe give de Coptic saint Samuel ce Confessor, alias Samuel of Kalamoun, wey live insyd de seventh century. Edey contain de strongest denunciation of de language shift insyd de Middle Ages of Egypt, wey dem slowly replace de country ein Coptic language plus Arabic. Edey record insyd say na de Christians wey dey insyd Egypt increasingly dey turn Arabized insyd dema culture den customs. Actual conversion go Islam no really be concern give de author. Insyd reality, de arabization of Lower Egypt precede of Middle den Upper Egypt, as Ibn Hawqal suggest insyd de late 10th century.

Dem produce text insyd de Monastery of Saint Samuel de Confessor. Dem dey claim say ebe de transcript of de monk Apollo of de words of de monastery ein founder, Samuel de Confessor.Georg Graf, Geschichte der christliche arabische Literatur vol. I, p. 280-282. See also Paul VAN CAUWENBERG, Études sur les moines d'Égypte depuis le Concile de Chalcédoine (451) jusqu'à l'invasion arabe, Paris, 1914.

De work be prophecy of Samuel de Confessor of how Egyptians go abandon demma native Coptic language den adopt de language of de colonizers, Arabic. De text dey criticize de adoption of de Church ein adoption of Arabic at length, not only for de introduction of Muslim theological terms go Christian theology insyd, but say ego sana enable give other forms of assimilation.Roman Egypt, A History. Roger Bagnall. pp. 336 

Sam excerpt of de text, Ziadeh wey translate am, be:J. Ziadeh, Revue de l'Orient chrétien, 20 (1915–17), pp. 379–381

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