Papers by Julio Cesar Dias Chaves
Antíteses, 2015
Os Códices de Nag Hammadi começaram a despertar o interesse dos estudiosos do cristianismo antigo... more Os Códices de Nag Hammadi começaram a despertar o interesse dos estudiosos do cristianismo antigo e das religiões no Império Romano já alguns anos depois de sua descoberta em 1945. Esses códices, geralmente associados ao fenômeno religioso chamado de gnosticismo, são não somente uma demonstração da diversidade do cristianismo no Império Romano, mas também um exemplo peculiar da transmissão e recepção de textos cristãos na Antiguidade tardia. Se os textos que integram os códices em questão foram provavelmente compostos em grego entre os séculos II e III, nas mais diversas localidades do Império, o que se tem hoje são traduções coptas compiladas no Egito na segunda metade do séc. IV. O gosto natural pelo mais antigo e a busca pela conjuntura dita gnóstica levaram os historiadores a priorizarem o estudo do contexto original grego de composição desses textos. No entanto, nas últimas décadas, o interesse pelo contexto de compilação dos escritos em questão tem crescido consideravelmente; ...
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Para além do senso comum - que tende a pensar que o Egito se resume a faraós, pirâmides e Cleópat... more Para além do senso comum - que tende a pensar que o Egito se resume a faraós, pirâmides e Cleópatra - esse paper aborda como o Egito do séc. IV foi o centro intelectual do cristianismo na Antiguidade Tardia. Assim sendo, o que de mais importante aconteceu nessa época no tocante ao cristianismo aconteceu no Egito e, portanto, na África.
Esse paper foi apresentado na XXI semana de história da Universidade Estadual de Goiás, em dezembro de 2020.
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Paper presented in the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting
(Rome, 2019); Nag Ha... more Paper presented in the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting
(Rome, 2019); Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section.
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Ancient Judaism , 2016
It is normally accepted that the scribes of the Nag Hammadi Codices did not interfere in the titl... more It is normally accepted that the scribes of the Nag Hammadi Codices did not interfere in the titles of the texts they were copy- ing, as some scholars, such as Poirier and Buzi, have tried to
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demonstrate. This article analyses carefully the situation of the titles given to the treatises of Codex V in particular. It argues that there is enough material evidence to suspect that the Coptic scribe interfered at least in the cases of the titles at the beginning of the First Apocalypse of James and of the Apocalypse of Adam. Moreover, the recently published Codex Tchacos, which contains another version of the First Apocalypse of James, named in the manuscript simply as “James”, has provided more evidence to ques- tion the originality of Codex V’s title. This article will also analyse what consequences such scribal interference could have caused in the reception of Codex V in a Late-antique Coptic environment. Finally, this article also aims to discuss the title of Codex V’s first treatise, generally called Eugnostos. We demonstrate that there is not enough material evidence to support the hypothesis that the text in question bore this title in Codex V; indeed, it is named as such simply due to its doublet in Nag Hammadi Codex III.
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Antítesis, 2015
The Nag Hammadi Codices have been calling the attention of scholars of early Christianity and re... more The Nag Hammadi Codices have been calling the attention of scholars of early Christianity and religions in the Roman Empire almost since their discovery in 1945. These codices, generally associated with the so-called Gnosticism, are not only an example of the religious diversity of Christianity in the Roman Empire, but also a peculiar illustration of the transmission and reception of Christian texts in Late-antiquity. The texts copied in the codices in question were probably composed in Greek somewhere between the second and third centuries, in many different locations in the Empire, but what we have today are Coptic translations compiled in Egypt, in the second half of fourth century. The natural preference for the oldest and for the so-called Gnostic conjecture, lead scholars to prioritize the study of the original context of composition of these texts. However, the last decades saw a growing interest for the study of the context of compilation of these texts in Coptic. This article intends to suggest a new approach and methodology to this kind of study in light of the theory of reception. The goal is to provide scholars with a method that may help us to understand how these texts may have been interpreted by Coptic readers in Late-antique Egypt.
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Judaïsme ancien et origines du christianisme, 2018
À l'occasion du départ à la retraite de Paul-Hubert Poirier de son poste de professeur en patrolo... more À l'occasion du départ à la retraite de Paul-Hubert Poirier de son poste de professeur en patrologie et en histoire de l'Église à la Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses de l'Université Laval, collègues, amis et anciens étudiants se sont réunis pour lui rendre hommage. Les vingt-sept contributions recueillies, qui s'illustrent par la variété des thèmes abordés et par leur grande qualité scientifique, témoignent de l'étendu des intérêts de Paul-Hubert Poirier pour les domaines touchant de près ou de loin le christianisme des premiers siècles, des quatre coins de la Méditerranée. Les articles rassemblés intéresseront tant les spécialistes de l'histoire et de la littérature des premiers siècles chrétiens, que ceux du christianisme syriaque, copto-égyptien et éthiopien, de la philosophie antique, du gnosticisme et du manichéisme.
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Cahiers des études anciennes, 2017
Hommage à la carrière universitaire de M. Paul-Hubert Poirier et au rôle crucial qu'il a joué dan... more Hommage à la carrière universitaire de M. Paul-Hubert Poirier et au rôle crucial qu'il a joué dans la création de l'Institut d'études anciennes à l'Université Laval. Recueil d'articles.
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Esse paper foi apresentado na XXI semana de história da Universidade Estadual de Goiás, em dezembro de 2020.
(Rome, 2019); Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section.
10.1484/J.JAAJ.5.111219
236
JULIO CESAR DIAS CHAVES
demonstrate. This article analyses carefully the situation of the titles given to the treatises of Codex V in particular. It argues that there is enough material evidence to suspect that the Coptic scribe interfered at least in the cases of the titles at the beginning of the First Apocalypse of James and of the Apocalypse of Adam. Moreover, the recently published Codex Tchacos, which contains another version of the First Apocalypse of James, named in the manuscript simply as “James”, has provided more evidence to ques- tion the originality of Codex V’s title. This article will also analyse what consequences such scribal interference could have caused in the reception of Codex V in a Late-antique Coptic environment. Finally, this article also aims to discuss the title of Codex V’s first treatise, generally called Eugnostos. We demonstrate that there is not enough material evidence to support the hypothesis that the text in question bore this title in Codex V; indeed, it is named as such simply due to its doublet in Nag Hammadi Codex III.
Books by Julio Cesar Dias Chaves
Esse paper foi apresentado na XXI semana de história da Universidade Estadual de Goiás, em dezembro de 2020.
(Rome, 2019); Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section.
10.1484/J.JAAJ.5.111219
236
JULIO CESAR DIAS CHAVES
demonstrate. This article analyses carefully the situation of the titles given to the treatises of Codex V in particular. It argues that there is enough material evidence to suspect that the Coptic scribe interfered at least in the cases of the titles at the beginning of the First Apocalypse of James and of the Apocalypse of Adam. Moreover, the recently published Codex Tchacos, which contains another version of the First Apocalypse of James, named in the manuscript simply as “James”, has provided more evidence to ques- tion the originality of Codex V’s title. This article will also analyse what consequences such scribal interference could have caused in the reception of Codex V in a Late-antique Coptic environment. Finally, this article also aims to discuss the title of Codex V’s first treatise, generally called Eugnostos. We demonstrate that there is not enough material evidence to support the hypothesis that the text in question bore this title in Codex V; indeed, it is named as such simply due to its doublet in Nag Hammadi Codex III.