'Abd al-Masīḥ Ṣalīb al-Masū'dī (1848–1935) was an Egyptian monk and author.

Biography

'Abd al-Masīḥ Ṣalīb al-Masū'dī was ordained a monk by his uncle, 'Abd al-Masīḥ al-Kabīr, in 1874. He served at the Paromeos Monastery at Wadi El Natrun and was summoned by Pope Cyril V of Alexandria to assist in the administration of the church in Cairo. He learned Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, and

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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. '' The Coptic Encyclopedia.'' 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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