Coptic in 20 Lessons is written by the author of the most authoritative
reference grammar of the Coptic language, and is based on decades of
pedagogical experience. In easy steps and simple explanations, it
teaches the patterns and syntax of Sahidic Coptic, along with the most
useful vocabulary. Drills, compositions, and translation exercises
enable the student to gain fluency. All words that occur more than fifty
times in the Sahidic New Testament are introduced lesson by lesson in
vocabulary lists, which are arranged by semantic field and accompanied
by both Greek equivalents and English glosses. The book concludes with
three chapters of the Gospel of Mark, in which all new vocabulary is
glossed in footnotes. Coptic in 20 Lessons is the ideal resource for use
in the classroom or for teaching oneself Coptic. Critical acclaim for
this book: Coptic in 20 Lessons is the up-to-date teaching grammar that
Coptic studies has long needed. ... There is no better way to learn
Coptic. David Brakke, Indiana University Layton brings to this book a
life-long experience of teaching, combined with the authority of his
masterly Coptic Grammar, arguably the best grammar of Sahidic Coptic
ever written, from which the present work is distilled... A
state-of-the-art account. Ariel Shisha-Halevy, Hebrew University
