Abd al-Masih Salib al-Mas'udi (1848–1935) was an Egyptian

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Biography

''ʿ''Abd al-Masīḥ Ṣalīb al-Masū''ʿ''dī was ordained a monk by his uncle, ''ʿ''Abd al-Masīḥ al-Kabīr, in 1874. He served at the

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and was summoned by

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to assist in the administration of the church in

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. He learned

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, Syriac,

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, and Coptic and became a prolific writer. His best known work is his interpretation of the ''Epact''. He died at the age of eighty-seven. Atiya, Aziz S. ''

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.'' New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991.

Works

In addition to his work, above, he wrote: *''Kītāb al-Khulaji al-Muqaddas'', Cairo, 1903; *''Kītāb al-Tuḥfah al-Saniyyah'', Cairo, 1925; *''Kītāb al-Durrah al-Nafisah fī Ḥisābāt al-Kanīsah'', Cairo, 1926; *''Al-Tuḥfah al-Barāmūsiyyah fī Sharḥ wa-Tatimmat Qawā'id Hisāb Al-Abqaṭi lil-Kanīsah al-Qibṭiyyah al-Urthudhuksiyyah'', Cairo, 1925; *''Kītāb al-Karmah'', Cairo, 1927; *''Kītāb al-Asrār '', Cairo, 1926; *''Tuḥfat al-Sā'ilīn fī Dhikr Adyirat Ruhbān al-Miṣriyyīnn'', Cairo, 1932.

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