A New Study of Plotinus Reviewed
John Dillon has reviewed (very positively) the recent Plotinian study by J.-F. Pradeau. Of special interest might be Chapter 8 on ‘The One: First, Ineffable, Ungraspable’, which approaches Plotinus’ fascinatingly […]
Category Archives: Books
Christian Bull’s new book on the Hermetic tradition reviewed
The question of a religious tradition lying behind the texts making up the Corpus Hermeticum (and related texts, such as the fragments preserved by Stobæus) has been of perennial interest […]
A New French Translation of a ‘Bardesanite’ Syriac Book
Bardaisan of Edessa is not the best known ancient thinker, probably because his works circulated in Syriac, unlike the Greek provenance of most better-known early Christian writing, but he is […]
A New Book Relevant for (Very) Ancient Astrology
The ancient Akkadian cultures, following the lead of the Sumerians, regarded the heavenly bodies as gods, and observed them assiduaously, accidentally inventing mathematised astronomy in the process. But they also […]
A New Book On Underworld Myths in Contemporary Culture
A new book which might interest lovers of ancient katabasis-narratives: Judith Fletcher, Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze. Classical presences. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, […]
New Book on Third-Century Jewish Angel- and Demonology
A new book is out from Annette Yoshiko Reed, who has done a lot of great work on apocalyptic literature. Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism Annette Yoshiko […]
new book: Demons in Late Antiquity – Their Perception and Transformation in Different Literary Genres
…Now appearing from De Gruyter is a new anthology of papers on demons and demonology: Demons in Late Antiquity: Their Perception and Transformation in Different Literary Genres. Edited by Eva […]
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