new book: Valentinian Christianity
I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time – a new reader of Valentinian sources, with Greek and Coptic facing new English translations, by Geoffrey S. Smith of […]
Tag Archives: Gnosticism
job posting: Assistant professor in the History of Western Esotericism in Late Antiquity
Now here is something you won’t see every day – a one-of-a-kind job posting calling for an expert in, well, everything on this website. I copy the first paragraph below, […]
In memoriam: Kurt Rudolph (1929-2020)
Another lion in the study of Gnosticism has left us. Rudolph’s majesterial synthesis Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism, was the first book I ever read on the subject. […]
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 […]
new resource: Sources Chrétiennes online
Often our best critical editions for patristic sources are from the venerable Sources Chrétiennes series (SC), a mainstay for anyone working on early Christian studies, ancient theology, and ancient philosophy. […]
Conference on Cosmic Ascent in Theory and Practice: Call for Papers
A conference in June of this year at Trinity College, Dublin on all aspects of cosmic ascent narratives. Papers are very welcome from scholars working on any aspect of this […]
in memoriam: John D. Turner
Yesterday I received the very sad news of the passing of John D. Turner, who died on Saturday, 26 October 2019, at his home in Nebraska. He was among family […]
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