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 […]
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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 […]
A New Book on Græco-Roman Magic Reviewed
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing down the moon: magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019 The title of Radcliffe Edmond’s new book on magic in antiquity […]
Online Egyptological Bibliography: [Temporary] Free Access
Lovers of things ancient-Egyptian may wish to check out the University of Oxford’s Online Egyptological Bibliography, which is being made open-access during the Covid-19 crisis.They catalogue basically everything which is […]
Andrei Timotin on Platonic and Platonist Prayer in Antiquity: Review
Andrei Timotin, who keeps producing cool stuff on ancient Platonism, including some great contributions on the theory of δαίμονες, has released a volume on philosophic ideas of prayer in the […]
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