Fayek Matta Ishak
Egyptian Canadian coptologist, author and scholar (1922–2006)
Fayek Matta Ishak (October 29, 1922 – October 30, 2006) was an Egyptian Canadian coptologist, author and scholar. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Coptologia Publications, a journal into Coptic Thought and Spirituality.2
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Born Oct 29, 1922, died Oct 30, 2006.1
About
He was also the author and publisher of the first English translation of the Liturgy of St. Basil (4th century) into Jamesian English (1611) from Arabic at the request of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.
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Companies
- Coptologia PublicationsFounder11
Early life and education
- 1945Cairo University Bachelor of Arts3
- 1952 to 1954University of Exeter English studies3
- 1959 to 1962University of Liverpool Doctor of Philosophy; British literature3
Early life
Ishak was born in the heart of the Nile Delta in Godayida Sharkia, Egypt. During his youth studies at Cairo University, his colleague Father Antonios, who would later become Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, sought him out in order to translate his JK-Gr 12 composition of Sunday school lessons from Arabic into English. These lessons have been utilized for decades across North American Coptic churches.
Academic career
Professor Emeritus English Literature Lakehead University 1987–2006.
Professor and former Chairman of English Literature Lakehead University 1968–1987.
Assistant Professor English Literature Notre Dame University of Nelson 1966–1967.
Phd English Literature University of Liverpool 1962.
Masters of English Literature University of Exeter 1954.
Diploma of Linguistics and Translation Institute of Higher Studies Cairo, Egypt 1951.
BA English Literature University of Cairo 1945.
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Career
Occupation: university teacher, scholar of English, writer, translator, secondary school teacher.8
- 1971 to 1987Worked at Lakehead University4 5
- 1966 to 1967Worked at Notre Dame University College4 5
- Date not recordedFounded Coptologia6
- Date not recordedFounded Coptologia Publications7
Prof. Ishak is internationally recognized as a researcher and publisher on Coptology, and is credited for raising awareness of Coptic Orthodoxy in North America. Adjacent to his journal Coptologia, which had contributions from renowned Coptologists such as Aziz Suryal Atiya, Otto Meinardus and Iris Habib Elmasry, he also wrote numerous books and countless articles on Coptic theology, heritage and mysticism.
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Personal life
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