New collected volume on demons/daimones in late antiquity
A new volume from De Gruyter, a collection on late-antique treatments of the daimôn, collects papers from a conference on the subject. As such, the quality of the contributions vary […]
Author Archives: Earl Fontainelle
Two intriguing new titles from Mohr Siebeck
Our friends at Mohr Siebeck, who publish all manner of good stuff for Classicists, early-Church historians, and so on, have hit it out of the park with two new releases. […]
Apocryphal Scriptures in English Translation
Tony Burke. New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures vol. 2. Eerdmans. A compilation of apocryphal Christian texts, many translated into English for the first time, with comprehensive introductions. Contents: Introduction, […]
New Book: Jacob Licht on The Spiritual World of Second Temple Judaism
A new collection, which you can check out on the publisher’s website, from a prominent scholar of second temple Judaism. The first half is devoted to the Qumran finds, and […]
Call for contributions to a new collection of Roman magic
A call for contributions to a collection on Roman magic can be found on the publisher’s website: the proposed title is ‘There Is No One Who Does Not Fear To Be […]
A new book on otherworld journeys in antiquity
Whenever a new book on our favourite subject (Otherworldly journeys) appears, it is worth noting. John C. Stephens’ new book has ‘Medieval’ in its title, but it actually has more […]
A new edition of Themistius’ Paraphrase of Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12
Yoav Meyrav. Themistius’ Paraphrase of Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12. A Critical Hebrew-Arabic Edition of the Surviving Textual Evidence, with an Introduction, Preliminary Studies, and a Commentary. Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus, Volume: 25.Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2019. This […]
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