First Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature. Strasbourg, France, 24-27 June 2012

I just got an e-mail from the Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC) concerning the First Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature, which will take place in Strasbourg between 24-27 June 2012. Right after the summer school (June 28-30), the annual reunion of AELAC will be held in Dole, where I might deliver a report concerning some Coptic apocryphal texts (I wish to thank Dr. Jean-Daniel Kaestli for the  kind invitation).

Summer School
The Latin Collection of the Acts of the Apostles (pseudo-Abdias)
First Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature
Strasbourg, France, 24-27 June 2012

The Summer School on Christian Apocryphal Literature 2012 gives a valuable opportunity to become acquainted with the advances and current directions in research on the Latin Collection of the Acts of Apostles (Virtues Apostolorum) and its reception in artistic production. It will allow students and scholars to interact with the foremost specialists in the field and to work on some unedited materials under their direction in a series of instructional workshops.

Pre-registration can be accessed at: http://www.unistra.fr/inscription/apocrypha. Cost of registration: €100 (including meals). Cost of travel/accommodation is assumed by the participant.

For further details please contact Gabriella Aragione, Faculté de théologie protestante
BP 90020,
9, Place de l’Université,
F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex
Gabriella.aragione@unistra.fr

More information on the FMRSI blog.

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The 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies (Rome, 17-22 September 2012)

Visit the webpage of the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies, which will take place between 17-22 September 2012 in Rome. The organizing committee: Paola Buzi, Alberto Camplani, Tito Orlandi.

Webpage of the Congress

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A. Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte

Angelicus Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte Bd. I: Textpublikation (Brussels: Edition de la Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1930) download

Angelicus Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte Bd. II: Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen (Brussels: Edition de la Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1931) download

Angelicus Kropp, Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte Bd. III: Einleitung in koptische Zaubertexte (Brussels: Edition de la Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1930) download

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P. Lacau, Fragments d’apocryphes coptes

P. Lacau, Fragments d’apocryphes coptes (MIFAO, 9; Cairo: Imprimerie de l’IFAO, 1904) download the book (89 MB)

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P. Ladeuze, Etude sur le cénobitisme pakhomien

I have just seen that the downloadable version of Paulin Ladeuze‘s book concerning the Pachomians has vanished from archive.org. For this reason I found it useful to scan the volume and put it up here.

P. Ladeuze, Etude sur le cénobitisme pakhomien pendant le IVe siècle et la première moitié du Ve (Louvain – Paris: J. van Linthout, 1898) click here to download

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W. Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden

Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden vol. 1 (Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 102; Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1935) (download here)

Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden vol. 2 (Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 108; Rome: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1936) (download here)

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4th International Summer School in Coptic Papyrology

Via Coptist and International Association for Coptic Studies:

An International Summer School in Coptic Papyrology, the fourth one of its kind after Vienna 2006, Leipzig 2008 and Strasbourg 2010, will be held in Heidelberg from 26 August to 9 September 2012. It will be organized by the Institute for Papyrology and the Institute for Egyptology of the University of Heidelberg. Advanced Students and graduates from fields such as Coptology, Egyptology, papyrology, religious studies, ancient history, Arabic studies, or Byzantine studies are invited to participate, provided they have acquired a solid knowledge of Coptic. There will be four classes to apply for (Coptic legal documents, Coptic letters, late Coptic documents, and Coptic magical texts). Students will have the opportunity to work on unpublished original papyri. A fee of € 450, – will include accommodation for 15 nights, daily breakfast and lunch, and expenses for site seeing offers. The number of places is restricted to 20.

Page from the Heidelberg Papyrus Cop. 1 (perhaps 6th century AD), containing the apocryphal Acts of Paul in Coptic (source of the image)

How to apply? Continue reading

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