This work by Bentley Layton is a newly revised, third edition of the
standard reference grammar of Coptic in the classical Sahidic dialect.
Compared to the previous edition, "A Coptic Grammar" incorporates new
additions and corrections, and retains a full index locorum of examples
cited in the grammar. Citations are the backbone of any reference
grammar, and this index gives readers immediate access to a grammatical
discussion of about three thousand citations of classical Coptic.
Especially noteworthy is the extensive use of citations from the
celebrated Coptic stylist Shenoute of Atripe.