Two New Books of Interest
A new collection on the great Emperor Julian (still called ‘the Apostate’ in the title, in a remarkable acceptance of Christian value-judgements) is out from Brill. A look at the […]
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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: […]
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 […]
conference: Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany
On 25-27 June 2019, Durham University will host the conference ‘Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany.’ The speakers will focus on Greek and Christian literature, mainly produced in the Roman […]
New Books: Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism and Restoring the Soul of the World
Two works I have been eagerly awaiting for some time have recently come to light: Crystal Addey’s Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism augurs (forgive me) a thorough and painstaking analysis […]
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