Apocryphicity

A Blog Devoted to the Study of Christian Apocrypha

Month: June 2012

A New Library for St. Catherine’s Monastery

by Tony

St. Catherine's Monastery is getting a new library and working to digitize its entire collection. Read about it HERE. My favourite part of the article:

“You wait so long you want to see some action,” says Father Justin, who can’t wait for the new library to be up and running. He hopes to blog about the construction.

“These days everyone has a blog,” he says.

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2012 Réunion de l’AELAC

by Tony

Reposted from Alin Suciu's blog (simply because he got to it first and saves me from retyping it):

The Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC) has announced on its website the programme for the 2012 meeting, which will take place June 28-30 in Dole, France. Here are the titles of the papers which will be presented this year:

Janet E. SPITTLER, Μανθ?νεις πρ?ς τ?νας ε?ρηται τ? ε?ρημ?να: Metalepsis in the Acts of Andrew.

Pierre-Yves LAMBERT, Histoire évangélique en irlandais.

Cornelia B. HORN, Apocrypha and Isra’iliyyat. The Life of Jesus in some early islamic authors.

Jean-Michel ROESSLI, La réception des Oracles sibyllins chez quelques auteurs anglais des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

Alin SUCIU, Preliminary Report on Some New Coptic Apocryphal Fragments.

Xavier LEQUEUX, Origine et développements de la BHG ou la quête du document hagiographique.

Enrico NORELLI, Les premières traditions sur la Dormition de Marie comme catalyseurs de formes très anciennes de réflexion théologique et christologique.

Lydie LANSARD, L’Èvangile de Gamaliel.

More information about the Réunion de l’AELAC HERE.

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