Bentley Layton
Professor of Religious Studies, of History and of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Prof Emeritus Near Eastern Lang/Civ
Bentley Layton is the Goff Professor of Religious Studies and a Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. His specializations include gnosticism and heresies, asceticism and monasticism, textual editing and manuscript studies, and Coptic linguistics. He is currently writing on the social history of ancient monasteries, and editing works of the ancient monastic leader Apa Shenoute. He teaches the literary, intellectual, and social history of ancient Christianity in the Mediterranean regions; and the Coptic language.