Coptic Mark gospel

[mazen Okasha]

Dear All,

Mu'taman al-ʿassāl wrote in his majmūʿ that St. Mark wrote his gospel in Coptic language.
Does one know other coptic records or medieval references, which mention this too?
Are there reliable records from late antiquity, which refer to this point ?
And are there any recent studies dealing with this issue?

Many thanks in advance
Mazen 

[Stephan Huller]

I would like the reference too.

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[Isa Almisry]

On the specific question, but on the ancillary ones expressed (The Rostovtzeff Lectures) Jean-Luc Fournet - The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity-Princeton University Press (2020), does not address St. Mark's Gospel but does show the circumstances why it is impossible for St. Mark to have written his Gospel in Coptic-in the 1st century a language not yet in existence.

[mazen Okasha]

Thank you Isa for the good and logical note.
I would like to add  that I've found the translation of the four gospels done by Mu'taman's brother (Hibatullah ibn al-'assal) edited recently by Samuel Mu'awd, where it is mentioned (page 187) that Mark wrote his book in Rome in Greek. I wonder why he mentioned it so.
Should I find any other medieval records which mentioned this, I will inform you.

Best
Mazen
 

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