Brent Landau Lecture
| Date | November 29, 2017 |
| Time | 3:30 - 5:00 pm |
| Location | Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library , TX |
| Description | Christmas from the Wise Men's Point of View: The Apocryphal Revelation of the Magi "The Revelation of the Magi" is an apocryphal early Christian writing purporting to be the personal testimony of the Magi (better known as the "Wise Men" or the "Three Kings") on the events surrounding the coming of Christ. It is by far the longest early Christian text devoted to these figures, and contains several fascinating interpretations of the biblical Magi story (Matthew 2:1-12) not seen elsewhere. In this text there are twelve Magi, or possible more, in contrast to the traditional enumeration of three. They reside in a semi-mythical land in the Far East called "Shir"; and perhaps most startlingly, the Magi's star is actually Jesus Christ himself, who transforms from star to human and back again throughout the narrative. Brent Landau is a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Th.D and M.Div from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa. Brents chief research is on ancient Christian apocryphal writings, particularly traditions about Jesus birth and childhood and fragments of Christian Apocrypha preserved on papyri. RegistrationPricing• Brent Landau Lecture (free) Deadline11/29/2017 3:30 PM How to registerRegister online below or call 254-710-7555. |
| Publisher | zzz (old) Institute for Studies of Religion |
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