new book: Das Paradies ist ein Hörsaal für die Seelen
2018 also saw a new volume of (German) papers on schools as institutions of higher learning, looking at a variety of ancient materials but focusing largely on late antiquity: »Das […]
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Gnosis volume 3.1: Hermetism
Courtesy of April DeConick: the newest issue of Gnosis: Journal for Gnostic Studies is guest-curated by Christian Bull, and features a collection of new papers on Hermetism. (It doesn’t get […]
Two positions in Syriac and Arabic Christian digital philology at Venice
One of the positions is a doctoral position, the other a postdoc. They both will involve working for the new ERC-funded project Florilegia Syriaca. The Intercultural Dissemination of Greek Christian […]
Two positions in Coptic magic at Würzburg
Two Five-year Positions: Study of Coptic Magic (doctoral and post-doctoral) As part of the new Excellent Ideas programme, the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg is pleased to announce two vacancies within the Department […]
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 […]
Conference – Imagining the Divine
Via Earl Fontainelle – information re: the upcoming conference, Imagining the Divine. Topics to be discussed perhaps relevant to followers of this website may include Manichaeism, Serapis, and magical amulets. […]
Correspondences 4 Online
The latest issue of Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism is online in its entirety. This issue covers a wide range of material, including ancient and […]
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