What You Will Learn

— What was excluded from the Bible.

— Why the Apocrypha was controversial.

— Who wrote the Apocrypha and to what ends.

— Why the Early Church accepted the authority of some books but not others.

— What made an authoritative biblical text.

— Why Protestant reformers disagreed with some narratives long after they had been accepted.

— How the Apocrypha is used today.

— What the Apocrypha tells us about the Bible.

— How the Bible was retold in apocryphal writings.

— How Christians reused Jewish Apocrypha and why.

— The significance of the Apocrypha to religious history and historical theology. 

 

This workshop is open to people of all backgrounds with an interest in biblical and apocryphal literature. No academic qualifications are required to participate – our focus is scholarly but accessible. All texts will be provided and read in English translation. Some light preparation will be required in advance of the session. 

Questions? Contact us at: 

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www.oac.gr


Meet Your Instructors

John J. Gallagher

Dr John Gallagher researches and teaches Old English and related North Sea literatures and languages, including Old Saxon, Old Norse-Icelandic, and Latin, among others. John has taught various courses on Old English and medieval literature for Medievalists.net, the University of St Andrews, University College Dublin, and the Orthodox Academy of Crete.

Zoe Tsiami

Zoe Tsiami studied eastern Roman cities during the Late Antique period at the University of Thessaly, and she is now writing her doctoral thesis on early Christian catechesis and baptism in Asia Minor at the same university. She works at the Orthodox Academy of Crete as a scientific associate and is the founder of the academic journal After Constantine. She takes particular interest in early Christian naming practices, baptismal rituals, baptism and gender, infant and adult baptism, and catechism.