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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. Please visit us at nasscal.com! Want some merch? Visit https://www.redbubble.com/shop/nasscal

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 1d

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Questions of Mary. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 14d

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/

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 21d

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Testament of Our Lord in Galilee. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Fifteen Signs before Judgment, compiled by @brandonwhawk.bsky.social. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 29

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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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...).

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Conversion of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Birth of Bartholomew. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 15

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 [email protected].

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Added to e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha ~ Teaching of the Lord, compiled by @chancebonar.bsky.social . www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Life of Gerasimos of Emesa, compiled by Slavomír Čéplö www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Jul 8

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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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Jul 1

Coming soon: the latest volume in NASSCAL's Early Christian Apocrypha series.

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Jun 20

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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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · May 30

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Gospel of Marcion, compiled by Mark Bilby and Markus Vinzent. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · May 21

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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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · May 19

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Acts of Pilate/Gospel of Nicodemus, compiled by Stephen Hopkins. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr....

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Apr 22

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.

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Homily on Mary Magdalene by Nicephorus Callistus. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social · Apr 4

Visiting Pilate's final resting place and talking Infancy Thomas in Glasgow. www.apocryphicity.ca/2025/04/04/m...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Apr 2

Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Life of Pilate (a medieval text incorporated into the Golden Legend). www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Mar 28

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!

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · Mar 25

With the completion of the entry on the Book of Mary's Repose, the e-Clavis has reached 350 entries. Congratulations (and much gratitude) to everyone who has helped make the site such a success.