Tony Burke

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Christian Apocrypha Books to Look for at SBL 2025 The SBL Annual Meeting presents an ideal opportunity to check out new books on Christian apocrypha, and at substantial discounts. As you make your way through t

Shopping for new books at SBL 2025? Here are some suggestions for titles related to Christian apocrypha. www.apocryphicity.ca/2025/11/16/c...

Nicolas Cage's 'The Carpenter's Son' turns an apocryphal text about Jesus' youth into a horror film LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text about the life of Jesus was simultaneously

The Carpenter's Son, Nicolas Cage's take on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, debuts tomorrow in the US. Not sure when it will make it to Canada. The Associated Press interviewed me for background in this preview article: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

Christian Apocrypha at SBL 2025 The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature runs from November 22 to 25 in Boston. The following is a list of all the sessions and individual

Another year, another SBL annual meeting. Here is my usual list of all the Christian apocrypha papers on this year's program (including my own session on the Apocrypha of Symeon Metaphrastes). www.apocryphicity.ca/2025/11/12/c...

I agree. Thoroughly enjoyed this book.

sale still ongoing! get you some Thecla on the cheap!

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.

Final reminder to submit an abstract by tomorrow for our apocryphal Christian literature conference at UVA this spring! Come join us!

www.nasscal.com/meetings/

My interview on the Better Questions podcast. I came on to talk about Christian apocrypha but things took a turn when the host discovered I am an atheist. Oops. It was a fun conversation. pod.link/1812806980/e...

Coptic Gospels and Associated Texts Welcome to Cambridge Core

The first two books of our 'Coptic Gospels & Associated Texts' series with @universitypress.cambridge.org are now available to read online. The series provides thematic introductions & new translations to non-canonical gospels. www.cambridge.org/core/series/...

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...

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...

YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing The Carpenter's Son - Official Trailer | Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs | In Theaters Nov 14

I was interviewed by the AP last week about Nicolas Cage’s new film based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. First interview of many? My years of study on this text may finally pay off! youtu.be/3GSUbJB0oOg?...

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/

Just arrived. Excited to dig in.

This overlooked text is the prologue to Epistle of the Apostles in Ethiopic MSS.

YouTube video by The GenAut Project GenAut | Ángel Narro "Thecla’s Increasing Authority from Early Christianity to Late Antiquity"

Yesterday paper's recording:
Ángel Narro (València), •Thecla’s Increasing Authority from Early Christianity to Late Antiquity• genaut.univie.ac.at
@angelnarro.bsky.social

The First Discovery Of The Lost Scriptures Some years back, I published a lot at this site on the general subject of Alternative Scriptures, and their rediscovery in modern times. I found a lot to

The First Discovery of the Lost Scriptures www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

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.

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...).

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

This arrived unexpectedly today!

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...

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 nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.

Our final month in Regensburg: one last country to visit and a book to finish. Only one of those is accomplished. www.apocryphicity.ca/2025/08/02/m...