New text of Philostorgius’ Ecclesiastical History
Writing in the first quarter of the fifth century CE, Philostorgius‘ Ecclesiastical History (preserved in a medieval epitome and other references) is an important work in many respects: it is […]
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Shi’ite Esotericism, Its Roots and Developments
Brepols has just published a new volume on Shi’ite Esotericism, its relationship to earlier Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, and Manichaean currents, and its various trajectories in Islam. It promises to be […]
New book: The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices
Mohr Siebeck has posted its official website for the forthcoming The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices, by Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott of Oslo University. Having been exposed […]
Ancient Esotericism at the SBL
There will be a bevy of papers relevant to the study of esotericism and antiquity at the joint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of […]
Symposium in Berlin on “The Nag Hammadi Texts in the Literary and Theological History of Early Christianity,” 7-10 October 2015
Courtesy of the Berlin working-group for the study of Coptic Gnostic literature (see below for the original advertisement, in German): “From 7-10 October 2015, there will be a symposium at […]
Panels for the 2015 ISNS conference in Buenos Aires
From John Finamore: Below you find the complete and final list of the panels that have been proposed for the 2015 ISNS conference to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, […]
Bremmer, Initiation into the Mysteries available via open access
A newly-published review in BMCR of the venerable Jan Bremmer‘s recent book Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (De Gruyter, 2014) drew to my attention that the book […]
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