Forthcoming: April DeConick, The Gnostic New Age
I have been looking forward to this book for a long time – April DeConick‘s The Gnostic New Age, which promises to be a very stimulating discussion of Gnosticism in […]
Tag Archives: Nag Hammadi
First issue of Gnosis: Journal for Gnostic Studies Published
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 […]
Special issue of BSOR on the Discovery of the Nag Hammadi Codices
The 12 codices containing Coptic Gnostic literature discovered close to Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945 are often preceded by James M. Robinson’s colorful story of their discovery, a story which […]
New Book: Paul and Gnosis
Paul and Gnosis. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon. Pauline Studies 9; Leiden: Brill, 2016. The volume includes, among much else, some new essays on the […]
Dates for the fall 2016 meetings of the Mid-Sweden University Seminar on Esotericism from Antiquity to Modern Times
Courtesy of Jörgen Magnusson. Participants from around the globe are invited to participate, provided they have completed their B.A. Lots of Nag Hammadi on the agenda: Dear all. The program […]
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 […]
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