New book: From Gnostics to Monastics
A great FS for a truly great scholar. From Gnostics to Monastics: Studies in Coptic and Early Christianity in Honor of Bentley Layton. Edited by S. Emmel, S.J. Davis and […]
Two positions in Coptic magic at Würzburg
Two Five-year Positions: Study of Coptic Magic (doctoral and post-doctoral) As part of the new Excellent Ideas programme, the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg is pleased to announce two vacancies within the Department […]
New book: Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge
The latest offering from SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions is about Socrates and Plato: Sarah Ahbel-Rappe‘s Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato. Readers of this […]
New Book: Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus
I am very happy to draw attention to the forthcoming publication of Nicholas Banner’s Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). I was lucky enough […]
Danger! Books!
A new issue (39:2) of the journal Henoch includes a section devoted to “Dangerous Books: Scribal Activity and Religious Boundaries in Late Antiquity and Beyond.” The section is edited by […]
Rituals and Magic in Ugarit
Via Fasti Congressum Rituals and Magic in Ugarit: Practice, Contexts, and Meaning When: April 25-27, 2018 Where: University of Münster (Germany) For more information contact sofia.salo@uni-muenster.de This conference features seventeen […]
New book: Apocalyptic Thinking in Early Judaism
From the website at Brill: Apocalyptic Thinking in Early Judaism. Engaging with John Collins’ ‘The Apocalyptic Imagination.’ Edited by Cecilia Wassen and Sidnie White Crawford. Supplements to the Journal for the Study […]
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