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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [b] What Godalla denies is that the Copts are of Egyptian origin. If one critically examines the given quote from him it makes no sense. I am sorry to say it but Godalla is babying his readership. Demotic is a script not a language. And surely the nonEgyptians schooled in Greek already had a nonEgyptian alphabet and character set. If there was an attempt to re emphasize a cultural divide then sticking to the real Greek characters would have been a better ploy. I wont address violation of the temples because it was already shown that in times of social or religious upheaval the Kmtyw did the same.[This message has been edited by alTakruri (edited 24 December 2004).][/b][/QUOTE] I think the balance of evidence shows that the Copts are of diverse ethnic background. Copt does not define an ethnicity per se. Certainly elements of Km.t culture survive among the Copts as they do among other groups of Egyptians, but there are also European cultural elements there as well. I don't think Godalla's logic is flawed here and neither is yours. But you are talking past each other, so to speak by emphasizing different but valid aspects of Coptic identity which best serves your respective points of view. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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