Dr. Timothy Pettipiece ( He/Him )
Greek and Roman Studies, Religion, Humanities, Associate Professor
- Hon B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), Ph.D (Laval)
- 2A51 Paterson Hall, 杏吧原创 University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Email Dr. Timothy Pettipiece
- 613-520-2600 ext 2103
Assistant Professor for 杏吧原创鈥檚 College of Humanities. He received his Hon. BA in Classical Languages from the University of Guelph in 2000, and then went on to complete an MA in Religion and Culture from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2002, where he wrote a thesis on the Greek fragments of Heracleon. He received his doctorate in Religious Studies from Universit茅 Laval in 2006, where he studied Coptic Manichaean literature at the Institut d鈥櫭﹖udes anciennes. He is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the religious cultures of Late Antiquity, as well as the reception of religion and the ancient world in modern popular media.
Research and Teaching Interests
Classics and Religion
Gnostic and Manichaean Studies
Late Antiquity
Publications
Books
Biblical and Manichaean Citations in Titus of Bostra鈥檚 Against the Manichaeans: An Annotated Inventory (w/ P.-H. Poirier) (Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia 78; Brepols, 2018) XXIV+204 p
Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 66; Leiden: Brill, 2009) 242 p
Chapters
鈥淕nostic Theologies of Evil鈥 in The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity, James Aitken, Hector Patmore, Ishay Rosen-Zvi, eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021)
鈥淎 Homily on the Life of Jesus and His Love the Apostles鈥 in New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures Vol 2 (Eerdmanns, 2020)
鈥淰arieties of Christian Gnosis鈥 in A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) Josef Lossl and鈥 Nicholas J. Baker-Brian, eds. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018)
鈥淏iblical and Manichaean Citations in Titus of Bostra鈥檚 Contra Manichaeos鈥 in Christianisme des origines : M茅langes en l鈥檋onneur du Professeur Paul-Hubert Poirier, Eric Cr茅gheur et al, eds. (Brepols, 2018)
鈥淢anichaean Redaction in the Secret Book of John鈥 in Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions: Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha, Tony Burke, ed. (Wipf and Stock, 2017)
鈥淢ani鈥檚 Journey to India: Mission or Exile?鈥 in Zur lichten Heimat: Studien zu Manich盲ismus, Iranistik und Zentralasienkunde im Gedenken an Werner Sundermann. Herausgegeben von einem Team 鈥濼urfanforschung鈥(Iranica, Band 25; Harrassowitz, 2017)
鈥淭he Buddha in Early Christian Literature鈥 in Millennium 6/2009: Jahrbuch zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).
Articles
鈥淢anichaeism and the Revelation of the Magi: Syriac 鈥淐hristianities鈥 in Late Antique Mesopotamia鈥 Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies 24.2 (2021)
鈥淲omen in the Coptic Manichaean Homilies鈥 Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 15 (2021): 19-36
鈥淢any Faced Gods: Triadic (Proto)Structure and Divine Androgyny in Early Manichaean Cosmogony鈥 Open Theology 1.1 (2015)