Apocryphicity

Pierluigi Piovanelli, the new chair of the SBL Christian Apocrypha section, has asked me to pass along the call for papers for this year's annual meeting:

The Christian Apocrypha Section invites submissions for at least three sessions. A special session will be devoted to "New editions and/or new translations of Christian apocryphal texts — New texts and new looks at old texts". A second session will be more specifically focused on the first volume of the Antike christliche Apokryphen in deutscher Übersetzung (to be held in common with the Jewish Christianity / Christian Judaism Section). For the third session on "New perspectives on Christian apocryphal texts", we have an open call. We especially encourage young scholars to present the results of their research.

From Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa:

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am extremely saddened to announce that Professor John Kevin Coyle, of St. Paul University, has suddenly passed away in the night of Wednesday, October 20.

Those who have known Kevin will remember him not only as a great scholar – he had just published in 2009 the volume Manichaeism and Its Legacy, a collection of his articles on Manichaeism in Brill’s prestigious series Nag Hammadi and Manichean Studies – but also and especially as a warm and generous person, a true gentleman. This is a terrible loss for all of us.

I am sure that his soul is presently climbing the column of glory and is not too far from her final destination in the paradise of light, where she will enjoy the company of Augustine and Mani.

May peace be upon him!