NASSCAL “First Fridays” Workshops Debut September 4

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With the Covid-19 pandemic limiting physical interaction, NASSCAL is postponing its bi-annual meeting and election of board members. But NASSCAL members can meet virtually in the monthly NASSCAL First Fridays online workshop series. The workshop is a forum for discussing new and in-progress work on apocryphal Christian texts. The workshop meets on the first Friday of every month during the North American Fall and Spring semesters, with the exception of December, to avoid conflict and virtual meeting overload with SBL. Papers are circulated one week in advance; each workshop session lasts one hour, the majority of which is dedicated to discussion.

The first workshop will feature Lorne R. Zelyck of St. Joseph’s College at the University of Alberta. He will speak on “The Sisters and Brothers of Jesus in Christian Apocryphal Literature and the Early Church Fathers.” The workshop takes place via Zoom on September 4, at 12 pm EDT.

Other scheduled workshops include Julia Snyder (October 2) and Slavomir Céplö (November 6).

To participate in the workshop, please email [email protected]. You will then be given the Zoom invitation, the meeting password, and the pre-circulated paper.