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August 2013

August 24, 2013

Literalism and Absurdity

I came across this on Pinterest: This obviously reflects, for the most part, the literalistic...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Forthcoming Book of Interest

Acumen Publishing has released Histories of the Hidden God: Concealment and Revelation in Western Gnostic,...

July 03, 2013

Abiding Questions

In working on my conference paper on lightworld visitors to Jerusalem in the Mandaean Book...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Scholars in Videos

There are several instances of scholars giving talks that have come to my attention in...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Happy Valentinus Day

A pun on the name of the famous Gnostic teacher Valentinus, made by a commenter...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

John the Baptist and the Gnostics

Miguel Conner has an article in The Examiner highlighting the various mentions of and views...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

Online Version of #SBLAAR Conference Paper: Revisiting the Relationship between the Mandaean Book of John and the New Testament

I have posted a copy of my conference paper which I will be reading at the...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Erwin Schrödinger Cat and Karen King’s Article

Karen King's article on the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" for Harvard Theological Review is providing...

September 18, 2012

Coptic Text Mentions Jesus’ Wife

The New York Times, the Harvard Gazette, The Huffington Post and other media outlets are...

August 2012

August 17, 2012

Marvin Meyer R.I.P.

Marvin Meyer, known to many not only for his work on the Gnostic Gospels but...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

The Life and Teaching of John the Baptist according to the Mandaean Book of John

Now that I have finished at least a still provisional but nevertheless complete translation of...

April 2012

April 06, 2012

SBL Paper Proposal Accepted: Revisiting the Relationship between the Mandaean Book of John and the New Testament

I've been meaning to blog about this for a few days. I received notification that...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

Prada Perfect Mind

Via a review of Elaine Pagels' latest book, Revelations, in The New Yorker, I learned...

March 05, 2012

Darth Jesus

I found this online while looking for something else. It definitely sits at the intersection...

March 01, 2012

Painting Depicting Manichaean Cosmology Discovered

Timothy Michael Law shared the news that a painting depicting Manichaean cosmology has turned up...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

The Nag Hammadi Codices in their Monastic Context

The blog Past Horizons has a post today which begins by saying "The texts of...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Review of Roberge, The Paraphrase of Shem

My review of Michel Roberge's book The Paraphrase of Shem (NH VII,1): Introduction, Translation and Commentary...

November 2011

November 13, 2011

Spirituality and Sci-Fi Around the Blogosphere

At IO9, an article on "Why We Still Love Battlestar Galactica" focuses on Ron Moore's...

October 2011

October 23, 2011

Review of Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma

My review of the book Jesus, Gnosis and Dogma by Riemer Roukema has been posted...

September 2011

September 01, 2011

Review of The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity by David Brakke

My review of The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity by David Brakke...

May 2011

May 23, 2011

The Matrix and Gnosticism in the News

There's a reason why I called my blog "Exploring Our Matrix" - it started as...

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