"Here is a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief. It contains new translations of poems, prayers, inscriptions and songs from the early period (Gaulish, Old Irish and Middle Welsh) as well as the folklore trad…
The phenomenon of "sacred text" has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. Reading Spir…
"Umwege sind die direktesten Wege zum Zentrum. Das neue Werk von Peter Sloterdijk ist ein Beleg für diese These: Außerhalb der Aktualität angesiedelt, handelt Theopoesie, auf den ersten Blick betrachtet, von den in der Bibliothek der Menschheit gespeicherten Versuchen, Gott oder…
"Umwege sind die direktesten Wege zum Zentrum. Das neue Werk von Peter Sloterdijk ist ein Beleg für diese These: Außerhalb der Aktualität angesiedelt, handelt Theopoesie, auf den ersten Blick betrachtet, von den in der Bibliothek der Menschheit gespeicherten Versuchen, Gott oder…
This project explores the development of Mandaean religion in relation to Islam. The project unfolds in two stages. In the first part I demonstrate that the conditions at the close of late antiquity were conducive to exchange between Mandaeism and nascent Islam. I also argue tha…
This dissertation explores the notion of prophecy as a semiotic construct in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on a chronological span that runs from Late Antiquity to the 14th century. It argues that theories of prophecy offer useful insights in the domain of rhetoric and not ju…
