Pre-Print Graphic. The WUNT2 monograph is forthcoming in June 2020 After 15+ years of off-and-on research time, trying to find gaps in a hectic teaching schedule, two sabbaticals, and every summer and winter break spent…
Plutarch
Highlights from Philo, Plutarch, and Paul (Nov 21-22)
Here in this post, I’m going to cobble together highlights from papers read from Saturday through Sunday (Nov 21-22) from various different sessions. Again, I won’t be discussing every paper but just the ones of…
Top Picks for SBL-AAR 2015 in Atlanta (Pt 1)
SBL–AAR in Atlanta for 2015 What happened to the time? The Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion annual meeting held in Atlanta this November 21-24, 2015 is only 2 weeks way… argh!…
The Souls of the Saints Unstained by Sin
Sometimes mistaken to be Plutarch himself,the above is a statue of an unknown philosopher or priest (ca. 270 BC)Photo taken by Max Lee © 2014 Museum of Delphi Sometimes an ancient text does not have any…
Plutarch on the Soul Scarred by Many Colors
I’ve been reading through Plutarch‘s treatise De sera numinis vindicta (= On the Delays of Divine Vengeance) which features the character Thespesius experiencing an out-of-body vision. Thespesius narrαtes how the rational part of his soul walks through…