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Below are details about our TELA sessions at AAR in San Diego. I thought I\u2019d also include some links of related interest to the\u00a0Mandaean Book of John<\/em><\/a>, which will be the focus of a review panel in one of the sessions. First is the just-released Bible and Beyond podcast episode in which I talk with Shirley Paulson about this fascinating text and the group that produced it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookreviews.org\/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11054\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">My review of Bogdan Burtea\u2019s latest translation of a Mandaean text into German<\/a>\u00a0will also be of interest. There are a couple more links at the end of the post.\u00a0Now, here are the details about all our sessions this year:<\/p>\n<div id=\"session-container-94264\" class=\"collapsible collapse-open\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_aid_value_1\">A24-232<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"label\">Theme:<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"content\"><i>Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Intersections with Eastern Late Antiquity<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name\">\n<div class=\"participant panelist\">Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College, Presiding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_slot_nid\">Sunday \u2013 1:00 PM-3:00 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_room_nid\">Hilton Bayfront-Aqua E (Third Level)<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_abstract_value\">\n<p>This session includes three papers each of which focuses on the eastern form of one of the three major Abrahamic traditions, and each of which explores points of intersection between that tradition and others in that time and place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94264-paper-container-0\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Jason Mokhtarian, Indiana University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>Rabbis and Others in Babylonian Talmudic Medicine<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94264-paper-container-1\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Laura Locke Estes, Saint Louis University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>Accessorizing Faith: Dress as a Sign of Conversion in Two Christian Martyrdom Accounts<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94264-paper-container-2\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Mark Leuchter, Temple University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>Ezra, the Great Assembly, and the Mythopoesis of a Rabbinic Future<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_3\">\n<p>Business Meeting:<\/p>\n<div class=\"participant business-meeting-presider\">Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Haverford College<\/div>\n<div class=\"participant business-meeting-presider\">James McGrath, Butler University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<div id=\"session-container-94268\" class=\"collapsible collapse-open\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_aid_value_1\">A25-130<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit and SBL Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity Unit<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"label\">Theme:<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"content\"><i>Esoteric Religious Groups in Antiquity<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name\">\n<div class=\"participant panelist\">April D. DeConick, Rice University, Presiding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_slot_nid\">Monday \u2013 9:00 AM-11:30 AM<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_room_nid\">Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 400B (Fourth Level)<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_abstract_value\">\n<p>A session that includes book review panels as well as papers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secret-Groups-Ancient-Judaism-Michael-ebook\/dp\/B075TFXD47\/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=9780190842383&qid=1573056014&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=li2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=157f394d9a19a945eee371b403543a10&language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B075TFXD47&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=B075TFXD47\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">Book Review: Michael Stone, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32lnLqC\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Secret Groups in Ancient Judaism<\/em><\/a> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)<br>\nKelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward\u2019s University, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n<p>James Davila, University of St. Andrews, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n<p>Written Reflections from Michael Stone<br>\nDiscussion (15 min)<\/p>\n<p>Papers<br>\nChristian H. Bull, University of Oslo<br>\n<i><a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Stobaeus and Hermes Trismegistus in the Neoplatonic Tradition\u00a0<\/a><\/i>(25 min)<br>\nTag(s):\u00a0Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion (Comparative Religion \/ History of Religion)<\/p>\n<p>Discussion (5 min)<\/p>\n<p>Papers Continued<br>\nTuomas Rasimus, Helsingin Yliopisto \u2013 Helsingfors Universitet<br>\n<i><a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Holy of Holies in Late Antique Jewish and Christian Imagination<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(25 min)<br>\nTag(s):\u00a0Nag Hammadi codices (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Gnostic Literature), Early Christian Literature (Early Christian Literature \u2013 Other), Biblical Interpretations (Early Jewish Literature \u2013 Dead Sea Scrolls)<\/p>\n<p>Discussion (5 min)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mandaean-Book-John-Translation-Commentary\/dp\/3110486512\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&linkCode=li2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=aec13ecbeeae3f7a9efa3331664c4692&language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=3110486512&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3332373591\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=3110486512\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2797630725\">Book Review: Charles H\u00e4berl and James McGrath, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ChVh6p\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Mandaean Book of John<\/em><\/a> (De Gruyter 2019)<br>\nCharles Haberl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Panelist (5 min)<\/p>\n<p>James McGrath, Butler University, Panelist (5 min)<\/p>\n<p>Jorunn Buckley, Bowdoin College, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n<p>Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University of Chicago, Panelist (10 min)<\/p>\n<p>Discussion (15 min)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<div id=\"session-container-94253\" class=\"collapsible collapse-open\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_aid_value_1\">A25-328<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Religion in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean Unit and Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity Unit<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"label\">Theme:<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"content\"><i>Religious Life on the Silk Road<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name\">\n<div class=\"participant panelist\">James McGrath, Butler University, Presiding<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_slot_nid\">Monday \u2013 3:30 PM-5:00 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_room_nid\">Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East)<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_abstract_value\">\n<p>This session explores the movement of people, texts, and ideas along the Silk Road, with particular attention both to local cultural exchange and to the long-distance influences facilitated by this vital trade route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94253-paper-container-0\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Richard A. Freund, University of Hartford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>The Caves of Letters: Jewish Texts and Communities from the Silk Road to the Via Maris<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94253-paper-container-1\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Zsuzsanna Gul\u00e1csi, Northern Arizona University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>The Syro-Mesopotamian Ties of Uygur Manichaean Book Culture<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"session-94253-paper-container-2\" class=\"collapsible collapse-close\">\n<div class=\"field field-field_session_participants_first_name_4\">\n<div class=\"participant author\">Giselle Bader, University of Sydney<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-title_1\"><i>Processes of Globalisation in Early Armenian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land<\/i><\/div>\n<div>___<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also about the Mandaeans, as a reward for those who read posts to the end: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2019\/08\/iraq-minority-mandaen.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An article from a while back about the Mandaeans in Iraq<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/72057497\/ARDWAN-LIDZBARSKI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a web gallery about the Ardwan-Lidzbarski Mandaic font<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are details about our TELA sessions at AAR in San Diego. 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