“Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men” by Robert Lee Williams

New Books

Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men, Robert Lee Williams, Lexington Books, 2023. In the first century CE, the Jewish Jesus, his followers, and the Pythagorean Apollonius journeyed widely, each to spread their good news. Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men argues that the biographers, Luke and Philostratus felt ethically …

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Call for Papers-Classical Studies Graduate Student Conference, Boston University, 27 April 2024

Conferences & Events

From Life to Literature? Genre and Performance in Hellenistic and Roman LiteratureBoston University Graduate Student Conference, 27 April 2024 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Richard Hunter (Cambridge) Timon of Phlius famously labeled the Alexandrians “cloistered librarians in the cage of the Muses” (fr. 786 SH = 12D), caricaturing Hellenistic literature as completely bookish and divorced from the …

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Opening – Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics, University of St. Michael’s College

Job Openings

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN GREEK PATRISTICS The Faculty of Theology of the University of St. Michael’s College invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the level of Assistant Professor in Greek Patristics to begin July 1, 2024. The successful applicant will become part of the newly federated Regis St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology within the Toronto …

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“Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation” by Alex Fogleman

New Books

Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation” by Alex Fogleman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. In this book, Alex Fogleman presents a new history of the rise and development of catechesis in Latin Patristic Christianity by focusing on the critical relationship between teaching and epistemology. Through detailed studies of key figures and catechetical texts, he offers …

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Online Master Class-Pondering the Psalms with Early Christians: Origen and Augustine

Education Opportunities

REGISTER HERE This online-only event is for students, faculty and university staff only. Registration is required. For more information, please contact info@lumenchristi.org. Exegesis is the core of early Christian theology and this comes alive in the interpretation of the psalms. In this master class we will look at two interpreters of the psalms—Origen and Augustine—led by Lewis …

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