The Spiritual Senses in Late Antique Greek and East Syriac Mysticism. From Evagrius Ponticus to Joseph Hazzaya, in preparation for the Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity series, Brill, Leiden (English monograph based on my German PhD Thesis "Die geistigen Sinne in der ostsyrischen christlichen Mystik", FU Berlin, 2017).

A. Pirtea, “Isaac of Nineveh, Gnostic Chapters" in: From Liturgy to Pharmacology. Christian Sogdian Texts from the Turfan Collection, ed. N. Sims-Williams, with contributions by J. F. Coakley and Adrian Pirtea, Berliner Turfantexte 45, Brepols, Turnhout 2019, S. 117-144.

Siehe auch mein Profil auf Academia.edu.

• "The Oriental Versions of Evagrius Ponticus' Antirrheticus and Their Approach to Translating the Bible", in: E. Colombi, C. Noce (eds), Tradire, Tradurre, Tramandare, Traditio Patrum 2, Brepols, Turnhout [i.E.].

• “The Syriac Commentaries on Evagrius’ Gnostic Chapters: Babai the Great and Dionysius bar Salibi on the Spiritual Senses”, Proceedings of the XII Symposium Syriacum, in: Parole d’Orient [i.E.].

• "St. Isaac of Niniveh's Gnostic Chapters in Sogdian: The Identification of an Anonymous Text from Bulayiq (Turfan)", in: D. Batovici, M. Toca (Hgg.), Caught in Translation: Studies on Versions of Late Antique Christian Literature, Brill, Leiden 2020 [i.E.].
• "The Origin of Passions in Neoplatonic and Early Christian Thought: Porphyry of Tyre and Evagrius Ponticus", in: P. Pavlos, L. Janby, T. Tollefsen, E. Emilsson (eds), Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity, Routledge, London & New York 2019, S. 258-274.
• "From Lunar Nodes to Eclipse Dragons: The Fundaments of the Chaldean Art (CCAG V/2, 131-140) and the Reception of Arabo-Persian Astrology in Byzantium", in: P. Magdalino, A. Timotin (Hgg.), Savoirs prédictifs et techniques divinatoires de l'Antiquité tardive à Byzance, Pomme d'Or, Geneva 2019, S. 343-369.
• “The Mysticism of the Church of the East”, in: Daniel King (Hg.), The Syriac World, (Routledge Worlds Series), Routledge, New York 2019, S. 355-376.
• “Is There an Eclipse Dragon in Manichaeism? Some Problems Concerning the Origin and Function of ātālyā in Manichaean Sources”, in: Team Turfanforschung (Hg.), Zur lichten Heimat. Studien zu Manichäismus, Iranistik und Zentralasienkunde im Gedenken an Werner Sundermann, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2017, pp. 535–554.
• “Konkrete und abstrakte Räume der spätantiken Allegorese: Exegetische Methodik und die Deutung des Perlengleichnisses (Matth 13,45f) bei Klemens von Alexandrien und Origenes”, in: Angelika Neuwirth, Nora Schmidt und Nora K. Schmid (eds), Denkraum Spätantike. Szenarien der Konstruktion von Antike im Umfeld des Korans, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 235–267.
• “Self-Knowledge, Illumination and Natural Magic: Some Notes on Pico della Mirandola’s Esotericism and Its Ancient Sources”, in: Geller, Mark; Geus, Klaus (eds), Esoteric Knowledge in Antiquity, TOPOI – Dahlem Seminar for the History of Ancient Sciences, vol. II, (MPIWG – Preprint 454), Berlin 2014, pp. 167-198.

Rezensionen

• Harold Tarrant, Danielle A. Layne, Dirk Baltzly, François Renaud (ed.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity. Brill's companions to classical reception, 13. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2018, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.06.31.
• Chiara Barbati, The Christian Sogdian Lectionary E5 in Context (Wien, 2016), in: Iran & Caucasus 22/1 (2018), S. 111-115.
• Nestor Kavvadas, Joseph Hazzaya: On Providence. Text, Translation, and Introduction (Leiden, 2016), in: Semitica et Classica 10/2017 [i.E.].
• Nestor Kavvadas, Isaac der Syrer und seine Kephalaia Gnostika (Leiden, 2015), in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift 109/1 (2016), S. 249–253.
• A. Timotin, La démonologie platonicienne (Leiden, 2012), in: Philosophical Readings VII.1 (2015), S. 166-169.
• M. Idel, Ben: Sonship and Jewish Mysticism (London/New York, 2007), in: Archaeus. Studies in the History of Religions 15 (2011), S. 514-520.

• Stirrings of the Mind. Movement and Contemplation in East Syriac Mysticism, Contemplative Traditions: A Symposium in Honour of Prof. Andrew Louth, Sigtuna, 12.-15. Dezember, 2019.
• Between Byzantium, Sasanian Iran, and the Qur'an. Greek and Syriac Hagiography in the Seventh Century, European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS) 9, Freie Universität Berlin, 9.-14. September, 2019.
• The Power of Books. Arethas of Caesarea and his Commentary on the Apocalypse, International Congress of South-East European Studies, Bukarest, 2.-7. September, 2019.
• Syriac Monastic Charity and Its Influence on Early Islam: Glimpses from an unpublished Paper by Arthur Vööbus (ca. 1948), XVIIIth Oxford Patristics Conference, Oxford, 19.-24. August, 2019.
• Aristotelian and Biblical Cosmologies in Syriac Literature (3rd-10th Centuries), Natural Sciences and Technologies in Manuscripts and Artefacts, Korneli Kekelidze Center of Manuscripts/MPIWG Berlin, Tbilisi, 27.-28. Juni, 2019.
• The Macrocosm-Microcosm Analogy in Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism and Early Islamic Gnosis, Formative Exchanges in the Islamicate World: Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Islam in Context, Bochum, 5.-6. Juni, 2019.
• Gathering Souls through Parables. The Shepherd of Hermas Fragment from Turfan (M97) and its Manichaean Context, Versions of the Apostolic Past: Ancient Translations of the Apostolic Fathers, Leuven, 22.-23. Mai, 2019.
• The Sound of Silence: Spiritual Perception and Apophaticism in East Syriac Mystical Literature (7th-8th centuries), International Orthodox Theology Conference, Iasi, 9.-12. Januar, 2019 (Videoaufnahme hier).
• Philosophical Approaches to Spiritual Perception in the Multi-Religious Context of the Early Abbasid Period, 10th German-Israel Seminar on the Frontiers of the Humanities, Humboldt-Stiftung, Berlin, 19.-21. November 2018.
• The Leiden Physiologus and some Overlooked Manuscripts in Syriac and Arabic, The World of the Physiologus - Animal Stories and Representations in Oriental Manuscripts, COMSt/Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 28.-29. Juni 2018.
• Ascetic Struggle and Divine Providence: East Syriac Mysticism in Turfan, Dall' Iran allo Xinjiang. Le comunità siro-orientali tra VI-XI sec., ÖAW/Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rom, 9. Juni, 2018.
• Georg der Araberbischof und die syrische Kommentartradition zu Aristoteles' Organon im 8. Jh., 10. Deutscher Syrologentag, Freie Universität Berlin, 30. Mai - 2. Juni, 2018.
• The Buddha in the West: Real and Imagined Knowledge about Buddhism in Late Roman Egypt, East-West Networks of the Ancient World, Research workshop, University of Bergen, 9. März, 2018 (Mehr Infos hier).
• The Messiah in China: Syriac Christianity and Manichaeism in Turfan, East-West Networks of the Ancient World, Research workshop, University of Bergen, 7. März, 2018 (Mehr Infos hier).
• Eclipses, Dragons, Dark Planets. On the Function and Relevance of Lunar Nodes in Late Antique and Byzantine Astrology, Theories of Divination in Late Antiquity and Byzantium, International Conference, Institute for Philosophy "Alexandru Dragomir"/Universität Bukarest, 17.-18. November, 2017.
• Syriac Literature as a Source for Understanding Justinian's Anathemas against Origen (543/553), First Annual Conference of the Romanian Society for Byzantine Studies, Nicolae Iorga Institute for History, Bukarest, 16. November, 2017.
• The Eclipse Dragon in Syriac and Manichaean Sources, East-West Encounter in the Science of Heaven and Earth, International Conference on Traditional Sciences in Asia, Kyoto University, 25.-27. Oktober, 2017.
• Isaac of Nineveh’s ‘Gnostic Chapters’ in Sogdian: The Identification of an Anonymous Text from Bulayïq and Its Relevance, EASR Annual Conference, Panel: Versions of Late-Antique Christian Literature, KU Leuven, 18.-21. September 2017.
• Pseudo-Macarius in the Melkite Tradition: Greek, Syriac, and Arabic Collections at St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mt. Sinai, ARAM Conference on Melkite Christianity, Oxford 12-14 Juli, 2017.
• The Syriac Translations of Evagrius and the Spectre of Origenism, Translate, Mislead, Transmit: The Greek Fathers Between Latin Western and Syriac Eastern World, Rom, 20.-21. Februar, 2017.
• Christ Descending in Disguise: An Origenist Idea in the Syriac Physiologus?, German-Israel-Fund, Seminar: Visitors from Heaven, Visitors to Heaven, TOPOI-Villa, Berlin, 31. Januar, 2017.
• Two Fountains Gushing Out by Nature’s Impulse – Porphyry and Evagrius on Pleasure, Pain, and the Soul’s Passions, Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity: International Workshop on the Philosophy of Late Antiquity, University of Oslo, 1.–3. Dezember 2016.
• The Doctrine of Spiritual Senses in Eastern Syriac Christianity: Its Foundations in Late Antique Alexandria and Its Influence on Byzantine Mysticism, AEMB - IXᵉ Edition des Rencontres internationales des doctorants en études byzantines, INHA/Université Paris Sorbonne, 7.–8. Oktober 2016.
• Babai the Great and Dionysius bar Salibi on Evagrius’ Theory of Spiritual Perception, XIIth Symposium Syriacum – Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rom, 19.-24. August 2016.
• Feeling the Difference: Is the Syriac Reception of Evagrius Ponticus a Turning Point in Late Antique Christian Mysticism?, 18th OUBS Graduate Conference, Oxford, 26.-27. Februar 2016.
• Aristoteles Syrus. Die Organon-Kommentierung in der syrischen Spätantike, SFB 980 ­– Episteme in Bewegung, Freie Universität, Berlin, 18. Februar 2014.
• Mind, Brain, Firmament: Anatomical and Cosmological Analogies in Late Antique Gnosis and Mysticism, Fourth Dahlem Seminar in History of Science in Antiquity, TOPOI, Berlin, 28. Januar 2014.
• Inside the Gnostic’s Mind: On the Transfigurative Function of Nous/Haunā in Manichaean and Eastern Syriac Religious Literature, Deutscher Orientalistentag, Münster, 27. September 2013.