Review of R. Smith, A Concise Coptic-English Lexicon

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BOOK REVIEWS

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and find out what they thought about theirjobs and their boss who seems to have been running a private and likely illegal construction business on the side.

The reason this book is so exceptional for the general reader is that the author has succeeded in telling us the story of Ramesses II through

the people rather than through the events. Rarely has this even been attempted, much less accom-

plished, by a renowned scholar when writing about a period over 3000 years ago. It isa landmark popular book in ancient history and deserves to be read by all who enjoy travelling to *an antique land." Frank T. Miosi Shaw Colleges

Richard SMITH. A Conc,ise Coptit-English l*xic'on, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 1983. pp. xii + El. Coptic has long been in need of a *Faulkner's

Dictionary." and Prof. Smilh's handy little volume admirably fills the hiatus. As he notes in the Preface. the Le-ri