From Ismant Al-Kharab to Nag Hammadi. Some Observations about Ideological Diversity in Fourth Century Groups of Coptic Manuscripts
The Kellis (Ismant al-Kharab) find of documentary and literary papyri shows the real cultural life of a Manichaean community. It is the first time that a discovery puts in strict connection literary and liturgical manuscripts with the context in which they were read or produced, that is, a Manichaean community. The texts are interesting also from the linguistic point of view, as they attest to a developed Greek / Egyptian diglossia, as well as the familiarity with Manichaean Syriac.