Apocryphicity

A weblog devoted to the study of the Christian Apocrypha

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Apocryphicity (ă-pok-rif-is-iti) n. 1. a recently coined term for describing the qualities of apocryphal literature. 2. a recently created weblog (or blog) dedicated to discussion of Christian apocrypha.

Welcome to Apocryphicity. This blog has two aims. The first is to report on developments in the study of Christian Apocrypha (a.k.a. non-canonical Christian literature) in the form of media excerpts, reviews of scholarly literature, and the occasional mention of apocryphal texts and traditions in popular culture. The second is to provide a forum for those interested in the Christian Apocrypha (scholars and non-scholars) to exchange ideas and information.

Apocryphicity is maintained by Dr. Tony Chartrand-Burke who teaches Biblical Studies at the Atkinson School of Arts and Letters (a part of York University in Toronto, Canada). The opinions expressed here are his own.

Anyone interested in the topic of the Christian Apocrypha is welcome to read the posts and, if inspired, add comments. From time-to-time I offer courses on the Christian Apocrypha and Gnosticism; students of these courses are encouraged to participate also.

I would be very grateful if readers would send me links to recent developments online regarding Christian Apocrypha (ancient, medieval, or even modern) along with your own comments if you have any. These can be sent to my e-mail address (tburke@yorku.ca) or can be submitted simply as a comment to any of the blog postings.

Be sure to check out my homepage which features pages related to the CA (including links to other websites and an on-going bibliography project), as well as the web’s premier Infancy Gospel of Thomas page and material related to other research projects.


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2007 Christian Apocrypha Workshop

April 30th, 2007 by Tony
Blogging has been a rather low priority lately as I have been dealing with the joys and pains of applying to SSHRCC for funding to host this year's Christian Apocrypha Workshop. The first CA Workshop was hosted by Pierluigi Piovanelli at the University of Ottawa in September 2006 (you can read more about it HERE). It was a wonderful event. For those who did not attend, the proceedings should be published some time soon. Hoping to continue the work begun last year, I volunteered to put together a line-up for 2007 at York University. The details of the workshop will be revealed in time (i.e., if and when SSHRCC decides to fund it). Stay tuned.

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