From the series’ website at Brill: Edited by George Boys-Stones and George van Kooten In the post-Enlightenment world, philosophy and religion have come to occupy different, even opposed, domains. But […]
Courtesy of the ISNS mailing list: CALL FOR PAPERS Otherwise than the Binary: Towards Feminist Reading of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Magic and Mystery Traditions A now common critique of […]
The theme of the issue is “Gnostic Countercultures,” with a slew of papers on Gnosticism (sensu lato) and transgression. Topics covered range from ancient Gnostic sources to Neoplatonic theurgy, the […]
The new issue of Numen (volume 63, issues 2-3) features a number of articles on later Platonism and religion in late antiquity. Looking forward to digging into them. The TOC […]
Today I came across a delightful slew of articles on magic and myth in Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 16:1 (2015). Here is the table of contents: In memoriam Walter Burkert […]
One of the most important ancient Christian sources regarding not only Gnosticism, but Elchasai and the Elchasaites, Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and much, much more is the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies. […]
In memoriam Walter Burkert, by Christoph Riedweg (in German). Burkert, who passed on a week ago today, was the author of countless invaluable studies on ancient Greek religion and culture, […]
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