Upcoming Webinar Series on Late Platonism(s)
The first in what looks to be a very interesting series of online talks on aspects of late-antique Platonist and Platonistic cultural phenomena is coming up on 15 December, as […]
Author Archives: Earl Fontainelle
A new trans. and comm. on Philo’s De vita contemplativa
Joan Taylor, David M. Hay, Philo of Alexandria “On the contemplative life”: introduction, translation, and commentary. Philo of Alexandria commentary series, volume 7. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020. Pp. xxviii, 427. […]
New edition of Assyrian astral omen-texts
The third and final volume in a series publishing cuneiform astral omen texts from Assur. From Harrassowitz. Heeßel, Nils P.Divinatorische Texte IIIAstrologische Omina. Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen Inhalts 13Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2021Preise: […]
Online Lecture on Early Christian ‘Magic’
Dr. Shaily Shashikant PatelMagic and Its Malcontents: Historiography as Heresiology 4pm Eastern, Thursday November 11, on ZoomRegister here: https://myumi.ch/4pxv3Abrahamic Vernaculars Fall Series Professor Patel’s research focuses on the various, often […]
New Collected Volume on Ancient ‘Magic’
Attilio Mastrocinque, Joseph Sanzo, Marianna Scapini, Ancient magic: then and now. Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beitraege, 74. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020. Pp. 451. ISBN 9783515127967. €82,00. Reviewed by Elaine C. Sanderson on BMCR.
Position, Berlin, Ancient Astral Science
From Mathieu Ossendrijver <mathieu.ossendrijver@posteo.net>============================ the project ZODIAC – “Ancient Astral Science in Transformation” (ERC) based atInstitute for the History of Knowledge in the Ancient World (FU Berlin)has the following job […]
ZODIAC: Ancient Astral Science in Transformation
The Freie Universität Berlin has launched the website for its project researching the formations of ancient zodiacal and mathematised cosmology in the near east and beyond, seeking ‘to develop a […]
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