New Book on ‘Gnostic Countercultures’
The reading of ‘Gnosticism’ as fundamentally associated with a rebel spirituality or counterculture has a long history, and is alive and well in some scholarship on ancient Gnosticism. A new […]
Postdoc in Brussels seeking Egyptologist/Archæologist
The department ‘Collections and Research – Scientific Documentation’ of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels (Belgium) is looking for an egyptologist/archaeologist (post-doc, 100%, fixed-term position from 1 […]
Three books that may be of interest
There has been a lot of interesting stuff published recently, such that we wanted to mention three very different books in this post. The letters of Gregory of Nazianzus have […]
initial impressions of Ariel Sabar’s Veritas: a Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife
Followers of this website (and contemporary media on ancient Christianity in general) may be familiar with the fiasco of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife that transpired ca. 2012-2016. (See here.) […]
Review of new book on Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities
Ryan Boehm of Tulane has reviewed a new collected volume on the problem of locating ancient Jewish and early Christian/Jewish-Christian sodalities in the social landscape of the ancient city. Were […]
review of Pachoumi, Edwards, Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity
BMCR has posted a review by Mark Roblee (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) of the recent volume of Eleni Pachoumi and Mark J. Edwards (eds.), Praying and contemplating in late antiquity: […]
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 […]
