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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.
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...
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...
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: 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: 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.
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Homily on Mary Magdalene by Nicephorus Callistus. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
April 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Homily on Mary Magdalene by Nicephorus Callistus. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Life of Pilate (a medieval text incorporated into the Golden Legend). www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
April 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Life of Pilate (a medieval text incorporated into the Golden Legend). www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Apocrypha lovers, please join us next Friday, April 4th at 12EDT for our next First Friday workshop! We’ll be discussing a piece by Triantafillos Kantartzis on focalization and witnesses in the Acta Pilati. See you there!
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Apocrypha lovers, please join us next Friday, April 4th at 12EDT for our next First Friday workshop! We’ll be discussing a piece by Triantafillos Kantartzis on focalization and witnesses in the Acta Pilati. See you there!
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Book of Mary's Repose (Liber Requiei Mariae), compiled by Stephen Shoemaker and Sergey Kim. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
March 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Book of Mary's Repose (Liber Requiei Mariae), compiled by Stephen Shoemaker and Sergey Kim. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
Here again is the 2025 call for papers for the SBL Christian Apocrypha program. Proposals are due by midnight 25 March.
March 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Here again is the 2025 call for papers for the SBL Christian Apocrypha program. Proposals are due by midnight 25 March.