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2009 Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Meeting Begins11/21/2009
Meeting Ends11/24/2009

Call for Papers Opens: 12/15/2008
Call for Papers Closes: 2/28/2009

Requirements for Participation

Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism group has launched a multi-year project to determine possible provenances of early mysticism in Judaism and Christianity. We are operating in rough chronological order beginning with the Ancient Near East. We wish to create a forum to discuss how, why, and in what forms mysticism emerges at various times, locations, and communities prior to 500 CE. Papers from the sessions will be collected for inclusion in series of volumes called After Paradise Now: Essays Exploring the Provenances of Mysticism in Early Judaism and Christianity. For 2009, we invite papers from scholars with expertise in late Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity (including, but not limited to the New Testament), and Gnosticism. These contributions will ideally address the manner in which the mystical practices and beliefs of the writers emerge in their texts.

Program Unit Chairs

Kevin Sullivan
Silviu N. Bunta

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