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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Correspondences 2:2 available
The new issue of the open-access online journal for the study of Esotericism, Correspondences, has just been published. It’s got plenty of magic, Gnosticism, and theurgy, particularly in the book […]
Bremmer, Initiation into the Mysteries available via open access
A newly-published review in BMCR of the venerable Jan Bremmer‘s recent book Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (De Gruyter, 2014) drew to my attention that the book […]
New Books: Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism and Restoring the Soul of the World
Two works I have been eagerly awaiting for some time have recently come to light: Crystal Addey’s Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism augurs (forgive me) a thorough and painstaking analysis […]
Christian Apocrypha for popular audiences
One of the foremost North American scholars of the Apocrypha, Tony Burke, blogged a very interesting post yesterday about the panels he served on during his first day at the […]
Book review: Porphyrian Problem(s) with Identity in Late Antiquity
Over at Marginalia, Todd Berzon has published a very interesting review of Aaron Johnson’s recent monograph, Porphyry and the Limits of Hellenism, which promises to stir up plenty of conversation […]
Conference: Ancient Jewish and Christian Apocalypses in Berlin
The apocalypses arrive next weekend at Humbolt U. Berlin. See flyer here.
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