The Three Amigos: Solomon, Jesus, and Aristotle
A curious-looking little book is out from De Gruyter, by Yaacov Shavit from Tel Aviv University. It focuses ‘on places and instances where Solomon’s legendary biography intersects with those of […]
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New book on sacrifice in later antiquity
In a new book Robert J. Daly S.J. examines the concept of sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world, and discusses how the rise of bloodless Christian sacrifice, and the use […]
Pre-Print: Esoteric Knowledge in Ancient Sciences
The Max Planck Institute has made available a pre-print for what looks to be an absolutely amazing volume: Markham J. Geller and Klaus Geus, edd. Esoteric Knowledge in Antiquity (TOPOI […]
New Book: The Antichrist Tradition in Antiquity
A new book by Mateusz Kusio, entitled The Antichrist Tradition in Antiquity: Antimessianism in Second Temple and Early Christian Literature, is out from Mohr Siebeck. At 84 euros, it is […]
Funded PhD Opportunity at Utrecht: Defining Platonism
From Mauro Bonazzi: A great opportunity for those looking for a PhD position in Ancient Philosophy (or in the modern reception of Ancient Philosophy). We welcome proposals on Plato, Platonism or Plato’s […]
New work on Enoch tradition reviewed
John C. Reeves and Annette Yoshiko Reed. Enoch from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Volume 1, Sources from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Oxford, 2018. This new book looks very useful; […]
Highly-anticipated publication of Mazur’s The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism
Zeke Mazur’s University of Chicago PhD thesis (2010) argued for a Sethian Gnostic background to much of the ‘participative metaphysics’ found in Plotinus’ discussions of ascent to and union with […]
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