{"id":25692,"date":"2014-08-18T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=25692"},"modified":"2014-08-18T12:02:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:02:28","slug":"apocryphal-call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/08\/apocryphal-call-for-papers.html","title":{"rendered":"Apocryphal Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Tony Burke shared this call for papers on his blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium Series 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFakes, Forgeries, and Fictions\u201d Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 24-26, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are pleased to announce the third of a series of symposia on the Christian Apocrypha hosted by the Department of the Humanities at York University in Toronto, Canada and taking place September 24 to 26, 2015.<\/p>\n

The 2015 symposium will examine the possible motivations behind the production of Christian apocrypha from antiquity until the present day. Have authors of the Christian apocrypha intended to deceive others about the true origins of their writings? Have they done so in a way that is distinctly different from NT scriptural writings? What would phrases like \u201cintended to deceive\u201d or \u201ctrue origins\u201d even mean in various historical and cultural contexts? This symposium has been inspired by the recent publication and analysis of the\u00a0Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife<\/em>, and it will, among other topics, examine what the reactions to this particular text\u2014primarily in popular media, including biblioblogs\u2014 can tell us about the creation, transmission, and reception of apocryphal Christian literature.<\/p>\n

We encourage scholars from across North America to join us and share their research on topics that include but are not limited to: pseudepigraphy, modern apocrypha, authorship as canon criterion, possible motives for composition of \u201capocryphal\u201d texts, the reception of Christian apocrypha in scholarship and\/or popular media, and the recycling of non-Christian texts into Christian apocrypha. The program will include a panel focusing on the reception of the\u00a0Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife<\/em>. We welcome proposals from both established scholars and graduate students.<\/p>\n

Email abstracts for papers or panel proposals to Tony Burke (tburke@yorku.ca) or Brent Landau (bclandau@utexas.edu) by September 30, 2014. Abstracts for papers should be approximately 300 words.<\/p>\n

Travel and accommodation for all presenters is fully-funded by the Symposium. Presenters must be prepared to circulate drafts of their papers to registered Symposium participants two weeks prior to the event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just to be clear, it is\u00a0a real call for real papers about the Christian apocrypha. It is the subject that is \u201capocryphal\u201d and not the CFP or the conference. This disclaimer is for the benefit of anyone who finds their way here without being previously acquainted with my sense of humor.<\/p>\n

I expect to be at the conference, to participate in discussion of the Gospel of Jesus\u2019 Wife, especially as it relates to blogging. The speed at which the scholarly blogosphere draws conclusions is both impressive and worrying. There is a real chance that we can draw legitimate conclusions more quickly than the traditional mode of publishing could ever hope to accomplish. But there is also a risk that we will draw conclusions\u00a0too<\/em> quickly, based on partial evidence and\/or photographs\u00a0of evidence rather than the full evidence that is available physically in some place but not accessible to us online. And once we\u2019ve drawn conclusions, we\u00a0are more likely to stick to them<\/a> even when new evidence comes to light. And so\u00a0there are genuine risks as well as exciting opportunities as scholarly conversations move\u00a0online.<\/p>\n

Any blog readers planning to attend, and perhaps even submit a paper proposal?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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