The Faculty of Theology invites applications for a 3-year position as Postdoctoral Fellow in the ERC-funded research project Storyworlds in Transition: Coptic Apocrypha in Changing Contexts in the Byzantine and […]
The Apocalypse of Abraham in Its Ancient and Medieval ContextsThe Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 69Author: Amy Paulsen-ReedHardbackISBN: 978-90-04-43061-7€108.00 $130.00 The Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphal work that narratesAbraham’s […]
The interface of esotericism with the history of biblical literature, and Christianity and Judaism more widely, is understudied. It’s great to see a new volume focusing on apocryphal and esoteric […]
Followers of this website (and contemporary media on ancient Christianity in general) may be familiar with the fiasco of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife that transpired ca. 2012-2016. (See here.) […]
Two postings have come up recently for work on ancient and medieval Christian apocrypha. One is a doctoral position working with Hugo Lundhaug at University of Oslo, on the exciting […]
From the website at Brill: Apocalyptic Thinking in Early Judaism. Engaging with John Collins’ ‘The Apocalyptic Imagination.’ Edited by Cecilia Wassen and Sidnie White Crawford. Supplements to the Journal for the Study […]
Just published last month is Michael Stone’s Secret Groups in Ancient Judaism (Oxford). In case the title alone does not grab followers of this website, the table of contents (see […]
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