ISSN 0273-3269 COPTIC CHURCH REVIEW Volume 22, Number 3 . Fall 2001 • Christian Designs on Marble Stone • Holy Family in Egypt • Portrait of a Historian Society of Coptic Church Studies EDITORIAL BOARD COPTIC CHURCH REVIEW Bishop Wissa (Al-Balyana, Egypt) Bishop Antonious Markos A Quarterly of Contemporary Patristic Studies (Coptic Church, African Affairs) ISSN 0273-3269 Bishop Isaac (Quesna, Egypt) Volume 22, Number 3 . .Fall 2001 Bishop Dioscorus (Coptic Church, Egypt) Fr. Tadros Malaty (Alexandria, Egypt) 66 Christian Designs on Marble Stone Boulos Ayad & James Hester Professor Fayek Ishak (Ontario, Canada) William El-Meiry, Ph.D. 71 Holy Family in Egypt (N.J., U.S.A.) Youhanna N. Youssef Girgis A. Ibrahim, Ph.D. (Florida, U.S.A.) 76 Change in the Editorial Staff Esmat Gabriel, Ed.D. (PA., U.S.A.) EDITOR IN CHIEF: 77 Saints of Mount Izla: Influence Rodolph Yanney, M.D. of Egyptian Monasticism on EDITOR: Syriac Christianity Maged S. A. Mikhail Fr. Dale A. Johnson (Bar Yohanon) CIRCULATION MANAGER Ralph Yanney © Copyright 2001 86 Portrait of a Historian by Coptic Church Review E. Brunswick, NJ Dora H. El-Masri Subscription and Business Address: Society of Coptic Church Studies P.0. Box 714 94 BOOK REVIEWS E. Brunswick, NJ 08816 • The Works of Isaac Fanous email:
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