new book: Théories et pratiques de la prière à la fin de l’Antiquité
…Books and volumes on prayer and philosophy have been appearing like crazy the last few years. Here is one more, and it looks terrific. (The following info is from its […]
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in memoriam: John D. Turner
Yesterday I received the very sad news of the passing of John D. Turner, who died on Saturday, 26 October 2019, at his home in Nebraska. He was among family […]
new book: Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond
Edmondo F. Lupieri, ed., Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond (Themes in Biblical Narrative; Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2019). The book includes intriguing studies of […]
forthcoming book: Savoirs prédictifs et techniques divinatoires de l’ Antiquité tardive à Byzance
Below you find a notice regarding a forthcoming volume on foreknowledge and divinatory techniques in late antiquity and Byzantium: Savoirs prédictifs et techniques divinatoires de l’ Antiquité tardive à Byzance, edited […]
One-day Conference on ‘Aggressive Magic in Antiquity’
A one-day conference on the fascinating subject of coërcive magical practices in the ancient world has been announced: June 17, Biblioteca Umanistica, Sala Comparetti, Piazza Brunelleschi, 4 – 50121 Firenze […]
conference: Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany
On 25-27 June 2019, Durham University will host the conference ‘Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany.’ The speakers will focus on Greek and Christian literature, mainly produced in the Roman […]
conference: ‘Ralph Cudworth at the Crossroads of Modernity’
The following announcement is courtesy of the ‘philosophie-antique’ mailing list. Cudworth himself was hardly ancient (he lived and wrote in the 17th century), but he and other ‘Cambridge Platonists’ were […]
