Title The 21 : a journey into the land of Coptic martyrs / Martin Mosebach ; translated by Alta L. Price.

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Walden, New York : Published by Plough Publishing House, 2018.

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Description	238 pages ; 21 cm
Note	"Originally published under the title Die 21: Eine Reise ins Land der Koptischen Martyrer. Copyright © 2018 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany. English translation copyright © 2018 by Alta L. Price. The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut."
Contents	The head of Saint Kiryollos -- What I write about and what I do not write about -- The video -- A conversation about martyrdom -- The martyrs' bishop -- The martyrs' pilgrimage church -- The martyrs' village -- The martyrs' houses -- With the martyrs' families -- Saint Menas's oil -- Matthew the Copt -- Abuna Bolla and Abuna Timotheus -- The martyrs' liturgy -- The flight into Egypt -- Hierarchical style -- Pilgrimage to the cloisters -- Wonders old and new -- With the Zabbaleens of Mokattam village -- A Coptic fantasia -- New Cairo, a mirage -- The minority and the majority -- Epilogue: the invisible army of martyrs.
Subject	Mosebach, Martin, 1951- -- Travel -- Egypt.
	Copts -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	Copts -- Religious life and customs.
	Martyrs -- Egypt -- Biography.
	Coptic Christian saints -- Egypt -- Biography.
	Mosebach, Martin, 1951- (OCoLC)fst00191194
	Coptic Christian saints. (OCoLC)fst00878610
	Copts -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00878653
	Martyrs. (OCoLC)fst01010918
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Author	Price, Alta L., translator.
Added Title	21. English
	Twenty-one
Other Form:	Online version: Mosebach, Martin, 1951- author. 21 Walden, New York : Published by Plough Publishing House, 2018 9780874868401 (DLC) 2018047401
ISBN	9780874868395 (hardcover)
	0874868394 (hardcover)

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