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 […]
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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 […]
New book: Dualism, Demons, and Devils
Dualismus, Dämonologie und diabolische Figuren. Religionshistorische Beobachtungen und theologische Reflexionen. Edited by Jörg Frey and Enno Edzard Popkes, with Stefanie Christine Hertel-Holst. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018. Approx. 530 pages. Published […]
Workshop: Neoplatonist Theology
Courtesy of Earl Fontainelle: Advance Notice of a Workshop on Neoplatonist Theology The Castle, Durham. 4 p.m. on 16th to 1 p.m. on 18th May. Papers to include: […]
Review: Edmonds on Pachoumi, The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri
Courtesy of BMCR: Eleni Pachoumi, The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum, 102. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017. Pp. […]
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