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Ten Books on Christian Apocrypha to Look For at SBL 2015
In no particular order: Vernon K. Robbins and Jonathan M. Potter (editors). Jesus and Mary Reimagined in Early Christian Literature. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2015. Excerpt. Lincoln H. Blumell and...
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2015 SBL Diary: Day 1
[This account is a little late, but as a Canadian without a U.S. data plan, and given the poor Wifi capability in the conference hotels, it’s been difficult to do much of anything online over the past...
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Day two of the 2015 SBL annual meeting began for me with the “Blogger and Online Publication” panel, a welcome change from Christian Apocrypha (mostly because I don’t have to take any notes! I can sit...
View ArticleSBL 2015 Diary: Days 3 and 4
The morning of day 3 began with a meeting with some fine folks from Polebridge Press, the publishing wing of the Westar Institute. My friend and York colleague Phil Harland has recently become involved...
View ArticleApocrypha (Journal) Vol. 26
The latest volume of the journal Apocrypha, published under the auspices of l’AELAC, is scheduled to be published in March. The contents are provided on the Brepols site (HERE), and excerpted below:...
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Syriac Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Edition in Progress (Part 4)
Back in October and November I wrote a series of three posts (1, 2, and 3) detailing my efforts to construct a critical edition of the Syriac manuscripts of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. The project is...
View ArticleNew Bibliographical Resource: “e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha”
The first collaborative project initiated by the North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature (NASSCAL) is a comprehensive clavis and bibliography on the Christian...
View ArticleChristian Apocrypha at the 2016 CSBS/CSPS
Since 2013 the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies has included a session on Christian Apocrypha. In 2014 the session became a joint presentation with the Canadian Society of...
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NASSCAL Publication Series: Studies in Christian Apocrypha
The North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature (NASSCAL) is pleased to announce Studies in Christian Apocrypha, a book series produced in collaboration with Polebridge...
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2016 CSBS/CSPS Christian Apocrypha Report, Part 1
The 2016 Annual Meetings of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies took place this past weekend at the University of Calgary. The two groups are small...
View ArticleChristian Apocrypha Sessions for the 2016 SBL Annual Meeting
Christian Apocrypha 11/19/2016 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD Theme: Helmut Koester: In Memory of His Contributions to the Study of Christian Apocrypha A panel in memory of Helmut...
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2016 CSBS/CSPS More New Testament Apocrypha Panel (Part 1)
As mentioned in my previous post, this year’s CSBS/CSPS Christian Apocrypha session was a book review panel dedicated to New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures edited by me and Brent...
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2016 CSBS/CSPS More New Testament Apocrypha Panel (Part 2)
Part 2 of my report on the More New Testament Apocrypha book review panel. See part 1 HERE. I divided my response to the panelists into three sections: the origins of the project (why more apocrypha?),...
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“Lost Gospels”– Lost No More: New Article in Biblical Archaeology Review
The latest issue of Biblical Archaeology Review features my article entitled “‘Lost Gospels’–Lost No More” (BAR Sept/Oct [2016]: 41–47, 64–66). Along with a basic overview of the more well-known (and...
View ArticleChristian Apocrypha at the 2016 SBL
Here is a quick rundown of the sessions and papers at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature focusing on Christian Apocrypha. I hope I found them all. See you in San Antonio....
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Call for Papers: 2017 SBL International Christian Apocrypha and...
Berlin, Germany skyline over the Spree River. The 2017 SBL International Meeting will take place August 7-11 in Berlin, Germany. The deadline for proposals is February 22, 2017. Description: The...
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Mosaics Discovered of “Christian king” Abgar
According to the Daily Sabbah, five mosaics have been discovered from the reign of Abgar V (r. 4 BCE – 7 CE; 13-50 CE), the fifth king of the kingdom of Osroene (Edessa), “depicting fine engravings...
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Lost and Found Items in Manuscripts of the Life of Mary
I have spent much of the past ten years working on a project that has been mentioned on this blog several times (start HERE): a critical edition of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in Syriac. The project...
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Available at Last! More New Testament Apocrypha vol. 1
I was very happy to receive in the mail today (on my birthday) a box full of copies of my volume New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures Vol. 1, co-edited with Brent Landau. It was a long...
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Legend of the Thirty Pieces of Silver in The Veritas Deception
About a year ago, an independent author named Lynne Constantine contacted me about a text I have worked on (and featured in New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures) called the Legend of...
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