Research news
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Growing number of Muslim pilgrims in Europe
June 15, 2018 4:21 PM
Pilgrimages have become more popular all over the world in recent years. New pilgrimage sites are emerging and in Europe Muslims and Christians are visiting each other’s pilgrimage sites.
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Small coin, big politics
Dec. 21, 2016 2:59 PM
Situated on the coast of present-day Lebanon, the ancient Phoenician city-state of Sidon was in the middle of the crossfire between the Persians, Greeks and Egyptians. A small lump of metal became an important part of their political and economic balancing act.
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The Nag Hammadi Codices were made by monks
Jan. 12, 2016 12:37 PM
The provenance of the Nag Hammadi Codices has been a point of contention among scholars ever since they were discovered in Upper Egypt in 1945. A new book strongly supports the hypothesis that they were manufactured and read by Christian monks in the fourth and fifth centuries.
Research events
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Conference: Formatting Nonreligion in Late Modern Societies
Sep. 26, 2018 12:00 AM
Formatting Nonreligion in Late Modern Societies - Institutional and Legal Perspectives
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Mowinckel Lecture 2018: Invitation to Murder - Hospitality and Violence in the Hebrew Bible
Nov. 1, 2018 11:15 AM
This lecture explores the relationship between hospitality and violence in the Hebrew Bible and it examines the role, function and literary use of hospitality in these texts.
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Mowinckel Seminar: Restriction and Excess - Hosts, Guests and Strangers in a Mediterranean-type society and in Scandinavia today.
Nov. 1, 2018 1:15 PM
In this seminar, Gudme considers how a detailed study of hospitality in a Mediterranean-type society, such as the Hebrew Bible, can help contemplate hospitality and reception of strangers in contemporary Scandinavia.