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Knight of the Ordre national du mérite
Anne Boud'hors | |
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| Born | 28 October 1958 |
| Awards | Ordre national du mérite |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Egyptology Coptology |
| Institutions | French National Centre for Scientific Research |
| Main interests | Coptic biblical translations |
Anne Boud'hors (born 28 October 1958) is a French Egyptologist,Coptologist,and philologist. A research director at CNRS,she is a specialist in Coptic biblical translations,particularly the Gospel of John.
Boud'hors was born on 28 October 1958. [1] Anne Boud'hors studied classics at the École normale supérieure [2] and obtained her grammar agrégation after completing a doctorate. [3] She attended the Greek philology classes of Jean Irigoin,where she encountered a young Philippe Hoffmann. [4]
As a research director at CNRS, [5] [6] [7] she dedicated herself to the study of the Coptic language and civilization. [8] In collaboration with Éléonore Cellard,François Déroche,and Catherine Louis,she explored Coptic texts related to the birth of Islam. [9] Among other topics,she specialized in the figure of Timothy II. [10] The researcher edits and translates certain texts from the Louvre collections. [11] She was involved,notably,with a Parisian antiquarian to facilitate the publication of a manuscript,and her negotiations lead to the successful publication of the text. [12]
Together with her colleague Nathalie Bosson,she undertook the coordination of Coptic studies and,in 2004,publishes the Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Coptic Studies. [13] This effort continued with other new editions of congresses,such as the fourteenth in 2016. [14] Boud'hors is one of the world specialists in Coptic biblical translations,particularly the Gospel of John. [15]
In November 2019,she was appointed a knight of the Ordre national du mérite. [5]
Knight of the Ordre national du mérite 