New Book: Paul and Gnosis
Paul and Gnosis. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon. Pauline Studies 9; Leiden: Brill, 2016. The volume includes, among much else, some new essays on the […]
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New translation of Calcidius
John Magee’s new translation of the fourth-century Latin commentary of Calcidius on Plato’s Timaeus has now appeared, courtesy of Harvard University Press. Check it out here. This should be a […]
Divination & Theurgy in Neoplatonism
A new book is out which may be of interest to readers which examines divination and theurgy in Neoplatonism. The book is authored by Crystal Addey and a full review […]
Magical Texts in Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations
A book has recently been released that may appeal to some readers of this website. Titled Magical Texts in Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations, it collects selections from a conference on the […]
Coming Soon: the Brill Esotericism Reference Library
From its website at Brill: “Since the publication of the critically acclaimed Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (ed. W.J. Hanegraaff) in 2005, there has been a lively debate about […]
New edition of the Refutation of All Heresies
One of the most important ancient Christian sources regarding not only Gnosticism, but Elchasai and the Elchasaites, Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and much, much more is the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies. […]
Stroumsa reviews Athanassiadi, Mutations of Hellenism at BMCR
Bryn Mawr Classical Review has just published Guy Stroumsa’s review of Polymnia Athanassiadi’s recent collection of studia minora, Mutations of Hellenism in Late Antiquity. You can read the review here. […]
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