Classics and Archaeology

“Antisthenes of Athens” author Susan Prince on the Virtue of Cynicism

by Shaun Manning November 8, 2012

Cynicism may be an unexpected route to happiness–or so says Susan Prince, who presented a paper on the ancient Cynic Antisthenes at the Unisa Classics Colloquium last month. Prince is the author Antisthenes of Athens, forthcoming from the Press in late 2013 or early 2014. “Research by the University of Cincinnati’s Susan Prince shows that despite the historical perception of the ancient Cynics as harsh, street-corner prophets relentlessly condemning all passersby and decrying society’s lack of virtue, these Greek philosophers, indirectly descended from Socratic teaching, weren’t all doom and gloom. They actually might have espoused a shortcut to happiness,” reports Tom Robinette [...]

C. Michael Sampson Featured on “As It Happens”

by Phillip Witteveen November 7, 2012

C. Michael Sampson, co-author of the recent New Literary Papyri from the Michigan Collection, discussed new findings on the mythology of the Siege of Troy with host Carol Off on As It Happens. The papyrus in question, which dates from the late 3rd century, was acquired by the University of Michigan over 80 years ago, but was not studied until the 1990s because it “was mis-catalogued.” “Scholars who were working, no doubt fairly quickly … filed it away as being a Coptic piece,” Sampson said The 44 lines of poetry that make up the contents of this discovery represent ”a speech delivered to the Greek [...]

Rackham Centennial Lectures feature Press authors

by Shaun Manning October 1, 2012

This Fall, University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School will feature three University Press authors in its Centennial Alumni Lectures series. The lecture series is a showcase for U-M graduates to present on a topic in their fields, highlighting the university’s diversity and intellectual legacy. More than 6o lectures, each hosted by a graduate department, will take place over the month of October. Among the presenters are Press authors Lea M. Stirling, Deborah R. Geis, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. Here are the dates and times for their speeches: Lea Stirling, Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology at the University of Manitoba [...]

Was Jesus married? Roger Bagnall weighs in on newly-discovered papyrus

by Shaun Manning September 19, 2012

Karen L. King, a historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, is preparing to present a newly-discovered 4th-century papyrus containing the phrase, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …’” The document, a tiny fragment of a larger piece that has since been lost, was delivered to King by an anonymous collector, who is considering donating the papyrus to Harvard. King said that, unlike the notoriously mistranslated Gospel of Judas, the Coptic word for “wife” is unambiguous and could not mean anything else; she cautioned that it does not mean the historical Jesus was married, but that some early Christian traditions [...]

Back to School Sale

by Shaun Manning September 5, 2012

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