R.I.P. Patricia Crone
A very nice obituary of Prof. Patricia Crone, who died on 11 July, ran today in the New York Times. Readers of this site might know her from her wonderful […]
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The Ohio State University Press Open Access Initiative
Theophrastus`s On Stones is a useful reference for all of us dealing with the early history of alchemy. Now you can get a very nice edition of it for free. […]
Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies
Brill has recently put up the website for a new journal: Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies. The journal promises to be: “a peer-reviewed publication devoted to the study of Gnostic […]
Ancient Esotericism at the SBL
There will be a bevy of papers relevant to the study of esotericism and antiquity at the joint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of […]
KELLIA project wins NEH grant to digitize Coptic texts
Congratulations to Prof. Caroline Schroeder of the University of the Pacific (and Coptic SCRIPTORIUM fame) on winning a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund international […]
Doctoral and Postdoctoral positions at Göttingen University
A slew of positions at both the doctoral and post-doctoral levels in the study of ancient culture and religion at Georg-August Universität Göttingen have opened up. Interested in Coptic, Syriac, […]
New journal: Religion in the Roman Empire
Looks promising! The first issue is available for free online here. (Via PaleoJudaica) Managing Editor: Jörg Rüpke (Erfurt) Editors: Reinhard Feldmeier (Göttingen), Karen L. King (Harvard, MA), Rubina Raja (Aarhus), […]
AncientEsotericism.org :: Network for the Study of Esotericism in Antiquity 