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The North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the Christian Apocrypha.
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Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series ~ now expanded with our latest volume: The Martyrdom of Daniel and the Three Youths, by Alexey Somov.
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series ~ now expanded with our latest volume: The Martyrdom of Daniel and the Three Youths, by Alexey Somov.
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Eve. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Eve. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...
October 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Announcing the launch of the open-access Journal of Christian Apocryphal Literature (JCAL). Sign up if you are interested in being a contributor or reviewer! journals.aperio.press/jcal/submiss...
The new volume in NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series, The Martyrdom of Daniel and the Three Youths by Alexey Somov, is now available to order: wipfandstock.com/979838524779...
October 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The new volume in NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series, The Martyrdom of Daniel and the Three Youths by Alexey Somov, is now available to order: wipfandstock.com/979838524779...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Questions of Mary. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Questions of Mary. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
NASSCAL's October First Friday workshop will feature Ian Mills, with his paper "Canonizing Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans." See the poster below for details on how to join.
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NASSCAL's October First Friday workshop will feature Ian Mills, with his paper "Canonizing Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans." See the poster below for details on how to join.
We are thrilled to announce NASSCAL's first in-person gathering since 2018. Hosted once again by the University of Virginia. Come and tell us about your work. Details at www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We are thrilled to announce NASSCAL's first in-person gathering since 2018. Hosted once again by the University of Virginia. Come and tell us about your work. Details at www.nasscal.com/meetings/
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Testament of Our Lord in Galilee. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Testament of Our Lord in Galilee. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Fifteen Signs before Judgment, compiled by @brandonwhawk.bsky.social. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
September 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Fifteen Signs before Judgment, compiled by @brandonwhawk.bsky.social. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
The NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop 2025/2026 season begins Sept. 5 at 12:00 (EDT) with Julia Snyder's essay "Apostles Behaving Badly? Violence in the Acts of Philip." Contact us if you would like to participate.
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop 2025/2026 season begins Sept. 5 at 12:00 (EDT) with Julia Snyder's essay "Apostles Behaving Badly? Violence in the Acts of Philip." Contact us if you would like to participate.
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I was interviewed on the Patristica podcast (youtu.be/AVKCrvZODf4) about the Apocrypha of Symeon Metaphrastes Project (a collaborative collection of translations; information here: www.tonyburke.ca/the-apocryph...).
August 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I was interviewed on the Patristica podcast (youtu.be/AVKCrvZODf4) about the Apocrypha of Symeon Metaphrastes Project (a collaborative collection of translations; information here: www.tonyburke.ca/the-apocryph...).
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Conversion of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
August 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Conversion of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Birth of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Birth of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha: On the Deaths of the Apostles, an apostolic list in Syriac and Sogdian. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
August 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha: On the Deaths of the Apostles, an apostolic list in Syriac and Sogdian. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
NASSCAL is looking for scholars who are interested in presenting their research on Christian apocrypha at the First Fridays Workshop during the 25-26 academic year. Workshops are on zoom on the first Friday of the month at 12pm Eastern (US) time. Contact Janet Spittler at nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.
August 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NASSCAL is looking for scholars who are interested in presenting their research on Christian apocrypha at the First Fridays Workshop during the 25-26 academic year. Workshops are on zoom on the first Friday of the month at 12pm Eastern (US) time. Contact Janet Spittler at nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.
Added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha ~ Teaching of the Lord, compiled by @chancebonar.bsky.social . www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha ~ Teaching of the Lord, compiled by @chancebonar.bsky.social . www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Life of Gerasimos of Emesa, compiled by Slavomír Čéplö www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
July 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Life of Gerasimos of Emesa, compiled by Slavomír Čéplö www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
The program for the SBL Christian Apocrypha section has been posted to the new page dedicated to the section on the NASSCAL web site: www.nasscal.com/society-of-b...
Society of Biblical Literature Christian Apocrypha Section
Current administration: Tony Burke (chair), Jae Hahn, Julia Lindenlaub, Jacob Lollar, Janet Spittler, Lily Vuong. 2025 Annual Meeting Christian Apocrypha Sessions Saturday, November 22, 1:00–3:30 p…
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July 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The program for the SBL Christian Apocrypha section has been posted to the new page dedicated to the section on the NASSCAL web site: www.nasscal.com/society-of-b...
Coming soon: the latest volume in NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series.
July 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Coming soon: the latest volume in NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series.
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Tripoli, Dayr Sayyidat al-Balmand, 156 (1606), an Arabic miscellany containing Infancy Gospel Thomas, Six-Bks Dormition, and several apocryphal acts. Compiled by Slavomír Čéplö. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
Tripoli, Dayr Sayyidat al-Balmand, 156
Images: HMML (registration required) Other identifiers: HMML project no. BALA 150; formerly MS 576 Physical description: paper, 20.5 × 14.5 cm, 233 fols., 1 col.; leaves missing at beginning and el…
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June 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Tripoli, Dayr Sayyidat al-Balmand, 156 (1606), an Arabic miscellany containing Infancy Gospel Thomas, Six-Bks Dormition, and several apocryphal acts. Compiled by Slavomír Čéplö. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Marcion, compiled by Mark Bilby and Markus Vinzent. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Marcion, compiled by Mark Bilby and Markus Vinzent. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Chapel of San Giovanni in Oleo, commemorating the location of John's boiling in oil. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
Chapel of San Giovanni in Oleo, Rome
Images: Wikimedia Commons Clavis number: ECMA 184 Other descriptors: none Location: adjacent to the church of Giovanni a Porta Latina, Rome Category: church decoration, holy site Related literature…
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May 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Chapel of San Giovanni in Oleo, commemorating the location of John's boiling in oil. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Acts of Pilate/Gospel of Nicodemus, compiled by Stephen Hopkins. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr....
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Acts of Pilate/Gospel of Nicodemus, compiled by Stephen Hopkins. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr....
The final First Fridays Workshop of the 2024/2025 season features Sible de Blaauw discussing a martyrium commemorating the story of the apostle John being boiled in oil. Join us May 2.
April 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The final First Fridays Workshop of the 2024/2025 season features Sible de Blaauw discussing a martyrium commemorating the story of the apostle John being boiled in oil. Join us May 2.