Mani and the Persian Kings
Philip Jenkins has recently offered a very nice discussion, in two parts, of an important recent book on Manichaeism by Iain Gardner, Jason BeDuhn and Paul Dilley, Mani at the […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
International Summer School “The Coptic Bible and Coptic Literature in the Digital Age” (Göttingen/Hamburg, July 20 – August 1, 2015)
Applications to this year’s Coptic Summer School, which will take place at the end of July in Göttingen and Hamburg, Germany, are due Feb. 28, 2015. Details and more via […]
Prometheus Trust CFP: Immortality
From John Finamore, via the ISNS mailing list: PROMETHEUS TRUST TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON 10-12 JULY 2015 AT AT PURLEY CHASE CENTRE, MANCETTER, WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 2RQ, UK […]
Travel Grants to be awarded for ISNS 2015 Conference in Buenos Aires
From John Finamore, via the ISNS mailing list: The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies is pleased to announce Travel Grants for the ISNS Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-19, 2015. […]
Special Issue of Aries on Ancient Esotericism
The recent issue of Aries:the Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism focuses entirely on ancient esotericism (Volume 15, Issue 1, 2015; ISSN: 1567-9896). Edited by Gnosticism scholar Dylan Burns, […]
The Occult World
December saw the publication of The Occult World (London: Routledge, 2014), edited by Christopher Partridge. “This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of […]
The online battle for papyrus texts
The Telegraph recently published this nice, short article on the problematic state of the online trade in ancient papyrus texts, incl. commentary from Brice Jones and Candida Moss. Particular attention […]
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