CurriculumVitae2018Name: PaulAllanMireckiEducation:

1980-1986 HarvardUniversity,DivinitySchool;Th.D.(DoctorofTheology). Comprehensiveexamspassed“WithDistinction.” TeachingassistantforBernadetteBrooten,HarveyCox,

HelmutKoester(mentor),KristerStendahl.1976-1980 Gordon-ConwellTheologicalSeminary;M.Div.(MasterofDivinity). TeachingassistantforJ.RamseyMichaels.1973-1976 NorthCentralUniversity;B.A.ReligiousStudies. TaughtsecondyearancientGreek;1975-76.1968-1970 RooseveltUniversity;Music(theoryandcomposition).ResearchLanguages(reading):

Modern:German,French.Ancient:Greek,Latin,Hebrew,Coptic,MiddleEgyptian.

TeachingAppointments:1989-present AssociateProfessor.UniversityofKansas.DepartmentofReligious Studies;AssociateFaculty,DepartmentofClassics;FacultyCommittee, JewishStudiesProgram.1988-1989 VisitingAssistantProfessor.AlbionCollege,DepartmentofReligion andPhilosophy(one-yearappointment).1986-1988 VisitingAssistantProfessor.UniversityofMichigan,NearEasternStudies

Department(two-yearappointment).TeachingRecord:NewCoursesCreatedREL124/JWSH124 UnderstandingtheBible-OnlineREL125/JWSH125 UnderstandingtheBible-HonorsREL320/JWSH320 TheBibleThenandNowREL500 ReadingNon-EnglishReligiousTexts(ancientGreek)REL500 ReadingNon-EnglishReligiousTexts(hieroglyphsIII)REL500 ReadingNon-EnglishReligiousTexts(hieroglyphsIV)REL515 EarlyChristianHistoryandLiteratureREL523/JWSH523 TheDeadSeaScrollsREL524 AncientEgyptianCultureandReligionREL526 JewishHistoryandLiteratureintheGreekandRomanPeriodsREL527 AncientMesopotamianCultureandReligionREL602 SpecialTopics:Cosmology&Culture;teamtaughtwithA.Melott,

DepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy;Spring1996REL718 Seminar:StudiesinEarlyChristianityREL727 Seminar:ArchaeologyandReligion:GreekIslandofSamothrace

REL727 Seminar:OralityandTextualityintheProto-gospelofMarkCLSX375 AncientCopticLanguageICLSX375 AncientCopticLanguageIICLSX375 MiddleEgyptianLanguage(hieroglyphsI)CLSX375 MiddleEgyptianLanguage(hieroglyphsII)OthercoursestaughtREL107 LivingReligionsoftheWest.REL215 LifeandTeachingofJesus(droppedfromcurricularlist).REL315 TheNewTestament(droppedfromcurricularlist).REL405 DirectedStudyinReligion.REL499 UndergraduateHonorsResearch.REL515 StudiesintheSynopticGospels(droppedfromcurricularlist).REL530 ChristianOriginsandWesternDevelopment.REL800 Readings.REL899 Thesis.UndergraduateAdvising:DirectedStudyandThesis:REL405DirectedStudyM.Harris “TheNagHammadiLibraryanditslostgospels”Summer17.J.Pitney “AnoldTorahscrollatKU:physicalandtextualfeatures”Spring16.J.Pitney “AnoldTorahscrollatKU:theSephardicJewsofoldAlgeria”Fall15.N.Gonzalez “Second-centuryMartyrdomofPerpetuaandFelicitas”Fall12.M.Schwarzman“TextofTheEgyptianBookoftheDead:TextandImage”Summer09.C.Mosier “MaryMagdaleneinancientChristianity”Fall07.J.Karnes “TextofTheMartyrdomofTheklainCarthage”Spring06.J.Fobes “AncientEgyptiantheoriesoftheafterlife”Spring05.L.Tramill “TextofTheMartyrdomofPerpetuaandFelicitas”Fall04.S.Schneider “TheologicalthemesinearliestChristianity”Fall03.REL499UndergraduateHonorsResearch:directedstudyC.Barry “DeadSeaScrolls:TheCommunityRuleScroll”Spring17.J.Patton “TextofTheGospelofMaryMagdaleneinrecentresearch,II”Spring13.J.Patton “ThefigureofMaryMagdaleneinrecentresearch,I”Fall12.H.Ruggles “Theoriesandmethodsinreligiousstudiesresearch”Spring05.REL500ReadingNon-EnglishReligiousTexts:directedstudyR.Perkins “ReadingEgyptianhieroglyphsII:Amduatscrolls”Spring05.R.Perkins “ReadingEgyptianhieroglyphsI:Amduatscrolls”Fall04.K.Pope “ReadingancientGreek:JustinMartyr(ca.150CE)”Spring2000.UndergraduateandGraduateSpecialTeaching:committeesJ.Pitney JewishStudiesMajor.CapstoneCoursedirector.2015-2016.D.Knifley JewishStudies‘SpecialMajor.’Committeechair.2014-2015.M.Rissien JewishStudies‘SpecialMajor.’Committeemember.2014-2015.J.Pitney JewishStudies‘SpecialMajor.’Committeemember.2014-2015.R.Coughlan HIST490SeniorHonorsThesis.“GreekdocumentarypapyrifromEgypt.”

Committeemember.2011-2012.J.Layton REL499UndergraduateHonorsResearch.“OrigenofAlexandria.”

Committeemember.2011.J.Silver CLSX675“TranslatingancientJewishGreektexts.”Fall1991.E.Willis HArt899Thesis."Theclathewomanmartyrinimageandtext."Ph.D.thesis.

Committeemember.1990-1991.GraduateAdvising:DirectedStudyandThesis:REL800ReadingsB.Adams MAstudentatLaSierraUniversity;Riverside,CA.“Analysisofancient

cemeteriesandsexdeterminationintheserviceofreligiousstudies:casestudyQumran”distancelearning,4credithours.Fall17.

K.Swartz MAstudentatLaSierraUniversity;Riverside,CA.“Analysisofancient toiletsandritualpurityintheserviceofreligiousstudies:casestudy Qumran”distancelearning,4credithours.Fall17.K.Schofield “Analysisofancientpotteryintheserviceofreligiousstudies:casestudy Qumran”Fall17.J.Navarro “Women’sarchivesintheBar-Kochbapapyri(ca.130CE)”Fall17-Spring18.N.Gonzalez MAstudentatLaSierraUniversity;Riverside,CA.“WomenandtheDeadSea Scrolls”distancelearning.Spring17.T.Dare “CreatingamuseumexhibitinearlyCoptictextileart”Fall12.C.Shriner “AncientChristianprophetsinthesecond-centuryDidache”Spring12.T.Brown “TheFourth-centuryPachomianmonasteriesinEgypt”Spring11.J.Gunderson “PerpetuaandtheRomanPaterFamilias”Spring11.J.Hamme “HebrewlanguagestudiesintheMinorProphets”Spring11.J.Tucker “Definingreligioninclassicandcurrentanthropologicaltheory”Fall10.M.Mustain “StudiesinancienteasternChristianities”Spring10.S.Thompson “Theoryandmethodinhistoriography”Spring10.S.Abraham “ThefigureofJonahintheQuran”Summer06.M.Stout “Literarysourcesinthesecond-centuryGospeloftheSavior”Summer06.J.Hamme “ThefigureofBaalintheancientNearEast”Spring06.N.Barrick “AncientNearEastlegaltraditioninBabylon”Spring05.J.Foster “Ethicsandvirtues:earlyChristianmartyrologies”Spring05.J.Hamme “MishnaicHebrewlanguageandtheDeadSeaScrolls”Spring05.O.London “TheGospelofJohninsecond-centuryEgypt”Spring05.J.Hamme “PeshertextsamongtheDeadSeaScrolls”Fall04.O.London “ThreeLettersofJohninearlyChristianity”Fall04.N.Kolarik “LettersofIgnatius,BishopofAntiochca.110CE”Spring04.J.Felts “TheoriesofdiscipleshipinKierkegaardandBonhoeffer”Spring04.N.Kolarik “Officeof‘Presbyter’inearliestChristianity”Fall03.REL899ThesisJ.Gunderson “InscribingPompeii:theallegedJewishinscriptions”Spring13.C.Shriner “Ecclesiasticalofficevs.radicalitinerancyintheDidache”Spring13.J.Gunderson “AllegedJewishinscriptionsandgraffitiinPompeii”Fall12.C.Shriner “Radicalitinerancyinthesecond-centuryChristiantexts”Fall12.J.Tucker “Esotericisminanthropologicaltheory”Fall12.C.Shriner “Historyofresearchonthesecond-centuryDidache”Spring12.S.Thompson “AncientMesopotamianritualcalendaratEmar”Summer10.S.Thompson “ArchaeologyandreligioninBronzeAgeEmar”Summer10.M.Beard-Shouse“Ritualdanceinsecond-centuryChristianity”Fall09.

A.Thomas “ParablesinMishnahandLyotard’spostmoderntheory”Spring09.M.Beard-Shouse“The‘ritualplay’theory”Spring09.A.Thomas “PostmodernsemiotictheoryofLyotard”Fall08.J.Hamme “FeaturesofHebrewpoetryintheMinorProphets”Spring06.T.Gillett “CopticChristianpapyri:analysisoffourdocuments”Spring03.J.Allen,Jr. “Splendoropifex:mirrorsandmirrorimagesinHellenisticculture”1992.S.McMillian-Nelson.“CelsusandthetextofTheTrueDoctrine”Spring1990.MastersexaminationsandthesisdefensesinReligiousStudies:Chairandprimaryadviser:thesisdefensecommitteesJaimieGunderson,Spring2013.ShaneThompson,Summer2010.MelodyBeard-Shouse,Spring2010.TylerGillett,Spring2003.JohnAllen,Jr.,1992.SharylMcMillian-Nelson,Fall1989.Chairandprimaryadviser:comprehensive/portfolioexamcommitteesClintShriner,Fall2013.JaimieGunderson,Spring2012.TimBrown,Spring2012.ShaneThompson,Spring2010.MelodyBeard-Shouse,Fall2008.AutumnThompson,Fall2008.JoelHamme,Fall2005.NathanKolarik,Spring2004.BobOwens,Spring2003.AdolpheDuBoseSpring2003.RuthDysart,Fall2002.TylerGillett,Fall2002.JulienFielding,1996.JohnAllen,Jr.,Fall1991.SharylMcMillian,Fall1989.Committeemember:MastersthesisdefenseexamsBryanMiller,thesisdefense;Spring2015.BruceOliver,thesisdefense;Spring2001.Committeemember:Masterscomprehensive/portfolioexamcommitteesJenniferNavarro,portfolioexam;Spring2018.BryanMiller,portfolioexam;Spring2015.TashiaDare,portfolioexam;Spring2013.BruceOliver,comprehensiveexam;Spring2001.Ph.D./MAdissertationdefenseandexamcommittees:otherunitsanduniversities:DoctoralA.Wearring(UniversityofSydney,AUSTRALIA)Ph.D.dissertationdefense,Department

ofReligiousStudies.Fall2008.

B.Bennett(UniversityofToronto,CANADA)Ph.D.dissertationdefensecommittee, TorontoSchoolofTheology,allexpensespaidto/fromToronto.Fall1997.T.Morris(CommunicationStudies)Ph.D.dissertationdefense;Fall2004.T.Morris(CommunicationStudies)Ph.D.comprehensiveexam;Fall2002.E.Sowards-Willis(HistoryofArt)Ph.D.comprehensiveexam;Fall1992.MastersJ.Tucker(Anthropology)portfolioexam;Fall2015.K.Pope(Classics)thesisexam;Spring2000.J.Friesen(Sociology)thesisexam;Summer1996.SpecialTeachingActivities:2016 KUMini-College.Lecture.“An18th-centuryHebrewTorahscrollinKU’sSpencer ResearchLibrary.”2013and2014KUMini-College.Lectures(2).“Cuneiformtabletsfromancient

MesopotamiainKU’sSpencerResearchLibrary.”2012 Lecture.ANTH699AnthropologyinMuseums“KU’scollectionofCoptictextileart.”2012 Lecture.PHSX594CosmologyandCulture.“Postmodernnarrativetheory&myth.”2012 Lecture.PHSX594CosmologyandCulture.“Narrativetheoryinscience.”2012and2013HIST390HistoryofAncientEgypt.Lectures(2).“AnEgyptianhieroglyphic scrolloftheafterlifeinKU’sSpencerResearchLibrary.”2011and2012KUMini-College.Lectures(2).“AnillustratedEgyptianhieroglyphic papyrusscrolloftheafterlifeinKU’sSpencerResearchLibrary.”2011 Lecture.HIST105HistoryoftheAncientNearEastandGreece.“Cuneiformtablets

intheSpencerResearchLibrary,UniversityofKansas.”2006 On-sitelecturetoGermanuniversitystudentson“TheSamothracetemplecomplex

andthequestionofritualsequence.”SamothraceIsland,Greece.July2006.2003,2004,2005and2007HIST696GraduateSeminar.Lectures(4).“Mireckifamily photosandlettersfromtheSolomonIslandsandNewGuineacampaignsofWWII.”2004 Lecture.TheHallCenterfortheHumanities:Before1500Seminar.“Methodsand

problemsinmuseumpapyrusconservationandtextediting.”2004 Lecture.AAASSummerInstitute.“CopticcultureandlanguageinEgypt.”2002 Lecture.KUstudentgroupKUSOMA.“Ancientmythinmodernpolitics.”2001 Lecture.PublicseminarinpreparationforvisitingscholarE.Pagelsaspartofthe 100th-anniversaryoftheReligiousStudiesDepartment;70inattendance.

2001 Lecture.TheKansasHighSchoolScienceSymposium:theU.S.Departmentof DefenseandtheDepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy.“Scientificmethodand archaeology.”75highschoolteachersinattendancefromacrossKansas.2001 Lecture.TheKUSororityandFraternityHouseDirectorsGroupAnnualMeeting.

“AnancientEgyptianscrollintheSpencerResearchLibrary.”

2000 Lecture.HWCundergraduateclass.“Discoveryofa10th-centuryBCEEgyptian afterlifescroll.”2000 Lecture.HWCundergraduateclass.“Light-mythinancientEgyptiantombdesign.”1999 HWCGraduateTeachingAssistantTrainingSession.Lecture."Historyandliterature inTanak/theHebrewBible"1999 Lecture.AAAS:theMaghrebForum.“EgyptianCopticpapyrifromLateAntiquity.”1998 Lecture.REL107LivingReligionsoftheWest."HistoricaldevelopmentoftheBible.”1997,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2007,2008.Lectures(10).HWCHonors Class.Tendiverselecturesoncurrentbiblicalresearch.1997 Lecture.PHSX111IntroductoryPhysics."Parallelhistoriesofscienceandmyth

fromThalestoGalileo."1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002.Lectures(6).HonorsProgramFreshmanTutorial.

“ResearchingancientmanuscriptsinEuropeanandAmericanmuseums.”

1996 Lecture.REL602PeaceandConflict."PersecutionofnewreligiousmovementsintheRomanEmpire."

1996 Lecture.NationalScienceFoundation,BiochemistryDepartment:Undergraduate

ResearchExperienceProgram."Thenatureofscience,thenatureofreligion."1995 Lecture.OfficeofInternationalStudiesandPrograms.ISPstudentgroup.“Gaining accesstomuseumcollectionsinEuropeandtheU.S.”1993 Lecture.SocialWelfare520SocialProblem,Policy,andProgramAnalysisI. “SexualityinWesternculture:thepoliticalfailureofMaryDaly’sapocalyptic essentialism."1992 Lecture.OfficeofInternationalStudiesandPrograms:WorldviewLecture.“Ancient

andmodernCopticChristianity:politicsandreligioninEgypt.”1992and1998Lectures(2).AnthropologyDepartment:StudentAnthropologyClub.

“Methodologyinmuseumconservationofancientmanuscripts.”1989-1999Lectures(11annuallectures).REL495SeniorSeminar."Historicalcritical methodsinReligiousStudies."

1989-1999Lectures(11annuallectures).REL601ApproachestotheStudyofReligion. "LiterarycriticalmethodsinReligiousStudies."1984 Lecturetoundergraduatestudentson“AncientJewishwisdomteachingasabasis

formodernbusinessethics.”ForProf.HarveyCox.HarvardUniversity.1983 On-sitelecturetoHarvardstudentson“Pausanius(Descr.Gr.2.3)andtheremains

ofthePeribolosofApollo.”AncientCorinth,Greece.Summer1983.1983 Lecturetoundergraduatestudentson“EarlyJewishandChristianapocalyptic literature.”ForProf.BernadetteBrooten.HarvardUniversity.May1983.1982-1984SeverallecturestograduatestudentsonmethodindecipheringGreekandLatin

stoneinscriptionsfromancientGreece.HarvardUniversity.1981 On-sitelecturetoHarvardandRadcliffestudentson“Mythologicalreliefsinthe DionysusTheater,southslopeoftheAcropolis.”AncientAthens,Greece.Summer 1981.TeachingAward:2017 UniversityofKansas;ChancellorJohnFraserAward“foroutstandingdedication, compassionandenthusiasmintheclassroom.”Research:PublishedBooks(7):2014 TheBibleinContext.P.Mirecki,ed.(Cognella,2014).Anthologyof142annotated

texts,includingmy65newtranslationsofGreekandLatintexts.Invited,refereed.2007 FrontiersofFaith:TheChristianEncounterwithManichaeismintheActsofArchelaus.

P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(Netherlands:Brill,2007).Refereed.2002 MagicandRitualintheAncientWorld.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.(Netherlands:

Brill,2002).Refereed.2001 TheLightandtheDarkness:StudiesinManichaeismanditsWorld.P.Mirecki&J.

BeDuhn,eds.(Netherlands:Brill,2001).Refereed.1999 P.Mirecki&C.Hedrick,TheGospeloftheSavior:ANewAncientGospel.(Polebridge, 1999),co-authored.Refereed.1997 EmergingfromDarkness:StudiesintheRecoveryofManichaeanSources.P.Mirecki& J.BeDuhn,eds.(Netherlands:Brill,1997).Refereed.

1995 AncientMagicandRitualPower.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.(Netherlands:Brill,

1995).Refereed.

PublishedScholarlyArticles(21):2012 “Manichaeism,ScribalMagicandPapyrusKellis35”inGnosticaetManichaeica.

Festschrift-AloïsvanTongerloo.M.Knüppel&L.Cirillo,eds.(StudiesinOrientalReligions;Wiesbaden,Germany:HarrassowitzVerlag,2012).Invited,refereed.

2007 “PlacingtheActsofArchelaus”inFrontiersofFaith:TheChristianEncounterwith

ManichaeismintheActsofArchelaus.P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,2007)1-22.Refereed.

2007 “ARitualforAcquiringanAerialAssistantintheLatinActsofArchelausandthe

PapyriGraecaeMagicae”inFrontiersofFaith:TheChristianEncounterwithManichaeismintheActsofArchelaus.P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,2007)149-155.Refereed.

2004 "Manichaeism."TheGnosticBible,M.Meyer&W.Barnstone,eds.(Boston: Shambhala,2004)567-580.Invited,refereed.

2002 “ASeventh-CenturyCopticLimestoneintheAshmoleanMuseum,Oxford

(Bodl.copt.inscr.426).”MagicandRitualintheAncientWorld.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,2002).Refereed.

2001 “Evangelion-IncipitsAmuletsinGreekandCoptic:TowardsaTypology.” Proceedingsofthe2001MidwestRegionalMeetingoftheSocietyofBiblical LiteratureandtheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch.J.Leese,ed.(ABS,2001).2001 CriticalbookreviewessayofT.Teeter,ColumbiaPapyriXI(AmericanStudies inPapyrology38;ScholarsPress,1998)inBulletinoftheAmericanSocietyof Papyrologists.(2001).Refereed.

2001 “ManichaeanAllusionstoRitualandMagic:SpellsforInvisibilityintheCoptic Kephalaia”inTheLightandtheDarkness:StudiesinManichaeismanditsWorld.

P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,2001).Refereed.

2000 “TheBallardPapyrus:ARecentlyIdentifiedScrolloftheEgyptianAmduatTextin theUniversityofKansasCollection(ca.950B.C.E.)”inProceedingsofthe2000 MidwestRegionalMeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiteratureandtheAmerican SchoolsofOrientalResearch.J.Leese,ed.(ABS,2000).

1997 "ManichaeanLetter,MagicalSpell",inEmergingfromDarkness:Studiesinthe RecoveryofManichaeanSources.P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(Leiden,the Netherlands:E.J.Brill,1997):1-32;withA.Alcock&I.Gardner.Refereed.1995 “TheCopticWizard'sHoard"inHarvardTheologicalReview.87.4(1995)435-460.

Invitedbysenioreditor,refereed.1995 "TheCopticManichaeanSynaxeisCodex:CodicologyandIntertextuality"

inGnosisforschungundReligionsgeschichte:FestschriftKurtRudolph.Holger Preissler & Hubert Seiwert, eds. (Marburg:diagonal-Verlag,1995).Invited,refereed.

1995 "ConsiderationsontheCopticPapyrusoftheDidache(BritishLibraryOriental Manuscript9271)"co-authoredwithinvitationfromF.StanleyJones(California StateUniversity,LongBeach)inTheDidacheinContext.C.N.Jefford,ed.(Leiden, Netherlands:Brill,1995)47-87.Invited,refereed.1995 "The‘Nous’intheGreekandCopticMagicalPapyri:AContributiontotheStudyof the‘Nous’inManichaeism"inTheManichaeanNous:SelectProceedingsofthe InternationalSymposium.A.vanTongerloo,ed.(Louvain-La-Neuve,Belgium:1995) 199-216.Invited,refereed.

1995 "AHymntotheLight-NousintheCopticManichaeanPsalm-Book"inThe

ManichaeanNous:SelectProceedingsoftheInternationalSymposium.A.van Tongerloo,ed.(Louvain-La-Neuve,Belgium:1995)183-198.Invited,refereed.

1994 "TheFigureofSethinaCopticMagicalText(P.Mich.inv.593)"inActsoftheFifth CongressoftheInternationalAssociationforCopticStudies.D.Johnson,ed.(August 1992;Washington,DC)(Rome,Italy:C.I.M.,1994)313-328.1994 "TheCopticHoardofSpellsfromtheUniversityofMichigan"inAncientChristian Magic:CopticTextsofRitualPower.M.Meyer&R.Smith,eds.(SanFrancisco: HarperCollins,1994)292-310.Invited,refereed.1991 "TheAntitheticSayingatMark16:16.FormalandRedactionalFeatures" inTheFutureofEarlyChristianity(FestschriftforHelmutKoester,Harvard).

B.Pearson,ed.(Philadelphia:Fortress,1991)229-242.Invited,refereed.1991 "CopticManichaeanPsalm278andGospelofThomas37"inManichaicaSelecta. FestschriftforJulienRies.A.vanTongerloo&S.Giversen,eds.(Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium:1991).Invited,refereed.JulienRieswastheCatholicCardinalofBelgium.1988 "TheCopticManichaeanSynaxeisCodex:DescriptiveCatalogueofSynaxisChapter Titles"inStudiesinManichaeism:SelectPapersfromtheFirstInternational ConferenceonManichaeism.(LundUniversity,August1987).P.Bryder,ed.(Lund, Sweden:Plus-Ultra,1988).Refereed.

1983 "TheInfancyGospelofThomas:AComparativeStudyoftheVersions"inATrue Teacher:EssaysinHonorofJ.P.Phillips.(Minneapolis:BuPak,1983)191-201. Invited,refereed.PublishedArticles,minor(19):2009 “Introduction”inMichelTardieu,Manichaeism.(UniversityofIllinoisPress,2009) pp.vii-xi.Invited,refereed.2005 “IntroductiontoAncientEgyptianMythsandLegends”inL.Spence,Ancient

EgyptianMythsandLegends.(NewYork:Barnes&Noble,2005).Invited,refereed.2005 “IntroductiontotheBookoftheDead”inW.Budge,TheEgyptianBookoftheDead: Translation,TranscriptionandCommentary.(NewYork:Barnes&Noble,2005). Invited,refereed.

2002 “Introduction:MagicandRitualintheAncientWorld.”(withM.Meyer)Magicand RitualintheAncientWorld.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.(RGRW;Leiden,Netherlands: Brill,2002).

2001 “Introduction:ManichaeismanditsWorld.”(withJ.BeDuhn)TheLightandthe Darkness:StudiesinManichaeismanditsWorld.P.Mirecki&J.BeDuhn,eds.(NHMS; Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,2001).2000 “Gnosticism.”TheEerdmansBibleDictionary.D.N.Freedman,ed.(Eerdmans,2000): pp.508-509.1997 "ManichaeanStudiesattheEndofthe20thCentury."(withJ.BeDuhn)inEmerging fromDarkness:StudiesintheRecoveryofManichaeanSources.P.Mirecki&J. BeDuhn,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,1997)i-iv.

1995 "Introduction."(withM.Meyer)AncientMagicandRitualPower.P.Mirecki&M. Meyer,eds.(Leiden,Netherlands:Brill,1995)1-10.

1995 "TheSecondTwo-YearsoftheSBLConsultationonManichaeism:1993-94."The

ManichaeanStudiesNewsletter.A.vanTongerloo,ed.(Brussels,Belgium:BelgianCenterforManichaeanStudies:).

1994 "Amuletwithwordsandnamesofpower(Michigan3023a)"inAncientChristian Magic:CopticTextsofRitualPower.M.Meyer&R.Smith,eds.(SanFrancisco: HarperCollins,1994)250-251.Invited,refereed.1994 "Anotheramuletwithwordsandnamesofpower(Michigan3472)"inAncient ChristianMagic:CopticTextsofRitualPower.M.Meyer&R.Smith,eds.(San Francisco:HarperCollins,1994)251.Invited,refereed.1992 Sixencyclopediaarticles,76pagestypescript:TheAnchorBibleDictionary.D.N.

Freedman,ed.,6vols.(NY:Doubleday,1992)6articles: "Basilides"1:624-625 "HymnofthePearl"3:350-551 "ManichaeansandManichaeism"4:502-511 "Peter,TheGospelof"5:278-281 "Thomas,TheInfancyGospelof"6:540-544 "Valentinus"6:783-7841991 "TheMajorWorldReligionthatVanished:GnosticManichaeism.”ReligionJournalof

Kansas28.3.1990 "TheFirstTwo-YearsoftheSBLConsultationonManichaeism:1988-89."The ManichaeanStudiesNewsletter.A.vanTongerloo,ed.(Brussels,Belgium:Belgian CenterforManichaeanStudies).

BookReviews(10):2006 SacrificingtheSelf:PerspectivesonMartyrdomandReligion.M.Cormack,ed.

(Oxford/AAR,2001)inJournalofNearEasternStudies(2006).2006 KarenKing,WhatisGnosticism?(Harvard,2003)inTheCatholicBiblicalQuarterly (2006).2005 ErikHornung,TheSecretLoreofEgypt:ItsImpactontheWest.(Cornell,2001)in

AmericanJournalofArchaeology(2005).2001 TimothyM.Teeter,ColumbiaPapyriXI.(ScholarsPress,1998)inBulletinofthe AmericanSocietyofPapyrologists(2001).Amajorreviewarticle.

1998CopticManuscriptsfromtheWhiteMonastery:WorksofShenute.2vols.,D.W.Young, ed.(Wien:BrüderHollinek,1993)inTheJournalofNearEasternStudies(1998).1996 CurseTabletsandBindingSpellsfromtheAncientWorld.JohnGager,ed.(Oxford, 1992)intheInternationalJournalofComparativeReligion(YorkUniversityPress; Ontario,CA.,1996).1992 DieterLührmann,AnItineraryforNewTestamentStudy.(Philadelphia:TrinityPress, 1989)inReligiousStudiesinKansas(1992).

1992 TheWomen’sStudyBible.C.Newsom&S.Ringe,eds.(Louisville,Westminster/John KnoxPress)inReligiousStudiesinKansas(1992).

1990 CoinsoftheSeleucidEmpirefromtheCollectionofArthurHoughton.A.Houghton,ed. (AmericanSocietyofNumismatists,1983)inBulletinoftheAmericanSchoolsof OrientalResearch(1990).1989 TheGnosticScriptures:ANewTranslationwithAnnotationsandIntroductions.

B.Layton,ed.(Doubleday,1987).BiblicalArchaeologist(1989).PlenaryandInvitedAddressesatColleges,UniversitiesandScholarlySocieties:2018 ReasonFestNationalConferencesponsoredbytheCenterforInquiry(Amherst,NY)

andtheSecularStudentAlliance(LosAngeles,CA)andseveraluniversityunits;UniversityofKansas(Lawrence,KS).OnlinevideoonYouTubeat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFg5ew5rd7o

2016 UniversityofTexas-Austin,DepartmentofReligion(Austin,TX).2011 BakerUniversity,DistinguishedLectureSeries(Baldwin,KS).2006 AtheistAllianceInternational,AnnualMeeting(KansasCity,MO).1999 TuftsUniversity,departmentsofHistory,ClassicsandReligiousStudies, SpecialSpeakerSeries(Boston,MA).

1999 EmporiaStateUniversity,SocialSciencesDivision(Emporia,KS).1999 AllenCountyCommunityCollege,DistinguishedLectureSeries(Iola,KS).1998 ChapmanUniversity,DepartmentofReligiousStudies(Orange,CA).1998 TheWestarInstitute,AnnualMeeting(SantaRosa,CA).1989 ClaremontGraduateUniversity,theInstituteforAntiquityandChristianity

(Claremont,CA).1987 UniversityofMichigan,AnnualFacultyColloquiumofthedepartmentsof

NearEasternStudiesandClassics(AnnArbor,MI).66ResearchPapersReadatColleges,UniversitiesandScholarlySocieties:2018 “Theillustratednominasacra:image-and-textintheLatinBookofKells(ca. 800CE)”The43rdAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,Universityof Nebraska-Omaha.October2018.2018 "ASeferTorahfromanAlgerianpogromof1840intheUniversityofKansasRare

BooksCollectionandChateau-Chantilly,France.”DayofDiscoveryConferencesponsoredbytheRabbinicalAssociationofGreaterKansasCity;JewishCommunityCampus.August2018.

2018 “Theanti-reasonimpulseinAmericanculture.”ReasonFestNationalConference sponsoredbytheCenterforInquiry(Amherst,NY)andtheSecularStudentAlliance (LosAngeles,CA)andseveraluniversityunits;UniversityofKansas(Lawrence,KS).2017 “TheBookofKells:theminorillustrationsasaidsformonasticreaders.”The42nd AnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.October2017.2016 “ASephardicTorahScroll:featuresdistinctfromtheTiberianMasoreticTradition ofMaimonides(KansasMSJ1:2).”The41stAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference, UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.October2016.2016 “Anoneiros-amuletfromCopticEgypt.”TheSixthInternationalConferenceofthe AssociationfortheStudyofEsotericism,UniversityofCalifornia-Davis,June2016.2016 “DreamdivinationinlateRomanEgypt(PapyrusKellisCoptic7;ca.350CE).”

InvitedplenarypaperreadattheUniversityofTexas-Austin,DepartmentofReligiousStudiesconference“Magic,MiraclesandtheParanormal.”April2016.

2016 “AnacrosticomenlistonpapyrusfromEgypt.”CentralStatesAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch;St.Louis,MO.March2016.

2015 “SephardicscribaltechniqueinanoldHebrewSeferTorah(KansasMSJ1:2).”The 40thAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.Oct2015.

2015 “AnoldTorahscrollfromtheAlgeriaattheUniversityofKansas(KansasMSJ1:2).” TheCentralStatesAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature;St.Louis,MO. March2015.2015 “TwelvecuneiformtabletsattheUniversityofKansas(ca.2350–529BCE).”

TheCentralStatesAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch;St.Louis,MO.March2015.

2014 “Theearlymodernbook:redefininggenreofthe‘gospelharmony’fromLittle Gidding,Englandca.1631(HarvardUniversity,HoughtonLibraryA1275.5).”

The39thAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.2-4October2014.

2014 “Greektemplewarninginscriptions:astudyofthetypeanditsfunctions.” The2014CentralStatesAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOriental Research;St.Louis,MO.16-17March2014.2013 “Theearlymodernbook:ahand-craftedillustratedgospelharmonyfromLittle Gidding,Englandca.1631(HarvardUniversity,HoughtonLibraryA1275.5).”

The38thAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.3-5October2013.

2012 “Theearlymodernbook:inthemarginsofthefirsteditionoftheGenevaBibleof 1560:paratextsandpolitics.”The37thAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference, UniversityofNebraska-Omaha.4-6October2012.2012 “MarketingesotericsecretsasintangiblecommoditiesintheGreekMagicalPapyri andApuleius’MetamorphosesXI.”TheFourthInternationalConferenceofthe AssociationfortheStudyofEsotericism;UniversityofCalifornia,Davis.July2012.2012 “SumerianproverbsfromNippur:questionsofgenre,functionandtheold Babylonianscribalcurriculum.”CentralStatesAnnualMeetingoftheAmerican SchoolsofOrientalResearch;St.Louis,MO.18-19March2012.2011 “Theearlymodernbook:Genette’stheoryofthe‘paratext’andearlyprintedEnglish Bibles:1524-1611.”The36thAnnualEuropeanStudiesConference,Universityof Nebraska-Omaha.6-9October2011.2011 “TheKingJamesVersion1611-2011:problemsandprospects.”Plenarypaperatthe BakerUniversityConferencecelebratingthe400thAnniversaryoftheKingJames Bible(andBaker’sQuayleBibleCollection).BakerUniversity.April2011.2009 “ManichaeanMagus:letter-writingrhetoricinPapyrusKellis35andthePapyri GraecaeMagicae.”TheSeventhInternationalConferenceonManichaeanStudies; ChesterBeattyLibrary(DublinCastle),Dublin,Ireland.8-12September2009.2008 “CopticChristianscorpionamuletsintheEgyptianMuseum,Berlin.”Annualregional meetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearchinSt.Louis,MO.March2008.2008 “AncientinvisibilityritualsinthePapyriGraecaeMagicaeandActs12:1-19(Peter’s

prisonescape).”AnnualregionalmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiteratureinSt. Louis,MO.March30-31,2008.2006 “AtheismandpoliticsintheHeartland.”PlenarypaperreadattheAtheistAlliance

International(KansasCity,MO,2006).August2006.2004 “AnewCopticamulettextfromWorrell’sWizard’sHoard(P.Mich.inv.597-598, 602.2and1294).”AnnualmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,SanAntonio, TX.November2004.2004 “ObservationsontheOintmentPrayerintheCopticDidache(BritishLibrary OrientalManuscript9271).”AnnualmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,San Antonio,TX.November2004.2004 “EcstaticascentintheActaArchelai.”AnnualmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblical Literature,SanAntonio,TX.November2004.2003 “MagicintheActaArchelai.”AnnualmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,

Atlanta,GA.November2003.2001 "CopticfragmentofSirachfromanearlyvellumcodexintheBerlinpapyrus collection.”MidwestregionalmeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch. KansasCity,MO.April2001.2000 “CopticandCoptic-ArabicpapyriinBerlin’sEgyptianMuseumandtheUniversityof Michigancollection.”TheInternationalConferenceonPapyrology,Universityof Kansas.August2000.2000 “GreekpapyriinBerlin’sEgyptiancollection.”TheInternationalConferenceon Papyrology,UniversityofKansas.August2000.2000 "TheBallardPapyrus:ArecentlyidentifiedscrolloftheEgyptianAmduattextinthe UniversityofKansascollection(ca.950BCE)”.TheMidwestRegionalMeetingofthe AmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch,KansasCity.April2000.1999 "ImagesofmagicalritualandmagiciansinsomeManichaeantexts.”Annualmeeting oftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Boston,MA.November1999.1999 "FromEgypttoBerlin:therecoveryofalostancientgospel."PlenarypaperatTufts University,Boston.SponsoredbythedepartmentsofHistory,ClassicsandReligious Studies.November1999.1999 "Ondiscoveringanddecipheringanewlostgospel."AllenCountyCommunity

College,thisplenarytalkwasthefirstintheirDistinguishedScholarLectureSeries,sponsoredbyPhiThetaKappa.October1999.

1999 "Processofdiscovery:findingandpublishingalostgospel."PlenarytalkatEmporia

StateUniversity.SponsoredbytheESUHonorsProgram,theESUchapterofPhiKappaPhi,theDivisionofSocialSciences,etal.October1999.

1998 “ExegesisintheCopticManichaeanPsalm-Book.”AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyof BiblicalLiterature,Orlando,FL.November1998.1998 "TheGospeloftheSavior:writingafirstcommentaryonalostgospel(text,author, narrator,story)."PlenarytalkattheAnnualMeetingoftheWestarInstitute;Santa Rosa,CA.October1998.1998 "TheGospeloftheSavior:the30fragmentsandcodicologicalreconstruction."

PlenarytalkattheAnnualMeetingoftheWestarInstitute;SantaRosa,CA.Oct1998.1998 "NewCopticmagicaltexts."TheSecondInternationalConferenceonMagicand RitualintheAncientWorld;Orange,CA.August1998.1997 "MagicandManichaeansinfourth-centuryKellis,Egypt."Annualmeetingofthe SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,SanFrancisco,CA.November1997.1997 "AnuneditedCopticlimestoneandotherancientmanuscriptsintheAshmolean Museum,Oxford."AnnualregionalmeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOriental Research,KansasCity,MO.April1997.1996 "ASayings-PsalmintheCopticManichaeanPsalm-Book."Annualmeetingofthe SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,NewOrleans,LA.November1996.1996 "Methodinthestudyofancientmanuscripts(ca.AD300-600)."TheHallCenterfor theHumanities,UniversityofKansas.FacultySeminaronSocialandCulturalStudies before1500.Invited.October1996.1996 "PreliminaryreportonCopticCodexP.Berol.22220."Apaperco-authoredby myselfandC.W.Hedrick(whoreadthepaperinmyabsence)attheSixth ConferenceoftheInternationalAssociationforCopticStudies,Münster,Germany. July1996.1996 "Newlydiscoveredgnosticpersonallettersfromfourth-centuryKellis,Egypt."The annualregionalmeetingoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch,St.Louis,MO. March1996.1995 "AnotherManichaeanpapyrusletterfromKellis(DaklehOasis,Egypt)."Annual

meetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Philadelphia,PA.November1995.1994 "P88:AGreekandCopticManichaeanletterfromKellis."Annualmeetingofthe

SocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Chicago,IL.November1994.1993 "TheCopticManichaeanSynaxeisCodex:codicologyandintertextuality."Annual meetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Washington,DC.November1993.1993 "Sayings-PsalmandDialogue-PsalmintheCopticManichaeanPsalm-Book."Third InternationalConferenceonManichaeanStudies;UniversityofCalabria,Cosenza, Italy.September1993.1992 "APreviewofVolumeIVofÄgyptischeUrkundenausdenStaatlichenMuseenzu

Berlin.KoptischeUrkunden."TheFifthMeetingoftheInternationalAssociationfor CopticStudies;theCatholicUniversity,Washington,D.C.August1992.1992 "Seth,theSonofAdaminaCopticmagicaltext(P.Michiganinv.593)."TheFifth

meetingoftheInternationalAssociationforCopticStudies;CatholicUniversity,Washington.D.C.August1992.

1992 "Trifles:newCopticmagicaltextsfromBerlinandAnnArbor."TheInternational ConferenceonMagicandRitualintheAncientWorld;UniversityofKansas.August 1992.1992 "ComplexlistofHebrew-basedVocesMagicaeina4th-centuryCopticritualbook (P.Michigan593)."TheInternationalConferenceonMagicandRitualintheAncient World;UniversityofKansas.August1992.1991 "The'Nous'intheGreekandCopticmagicalpapyri:AcontributiontotheStudyof the‘Nous’inManichaeism."InternationalConferenceontheManichaeanNous; CatholicUniversity;Leuven,Belgium.August1991.1991 "AhymntotheLight-NousintheCopticManichaeanPsalm-Book."International

ConferenceontheManichaeanNous;CatholicUniversity;Leuven,Belgium.August1991.

1990 "Aproposalforatwo-stageredactionalhistoryforthelongerendingofMark." SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureannualmeeting.NewOrleans,November1990.1990 "CopticpapyriintheUniversityofMichigancollection."AnnualMeetingofthe CatholicBiblicalAssociation,NotreDameUniversity.August1990.1989 "TheInfancyGospelofThomas:primitivefeaturesoftheGreek-Betatexttype." AnnualconferenceoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature;Anaheim,CA.Nov1989.1989 "OntherecoveryofaManichaeanprimarysource:theelusivestructureand contentsoftheCopticSynaxeisCodex."ZweiterInternationalerKongreßzum Manichäismus;BonnUniversity,Germany.August1989.1989 "AhoardofCopticmagicalpapyriintheUniversityofMichiganCollection."Annual meetingoftheMichiganAcademyofArts,SciencesandLetters;GrandValley,MI. April1989.1989 "CodicologicalissuesandtheCopticWizard'sHoard."Plenarypresentationatthe CopticSeminar,InstituteforAntiquity&Christianity,ClaremontGraduateSchool. March1989.1989 "Mnemonicoral-rhymesinQ,Matthew,andMark:acasestudyinresidualorality." AnnualmeetingoftheWesternRegionSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,LosAngeles. February1989.

1988 "TheCopticManichaeanSynaxeisCodex:indicatorsforcodicologicalreconstruction."TheannualmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,Chicago.November1988.

1987 "TheCopticManichaeanSynaxeisCodex:observationsontheordinalsystemof Synaxeissections."TheFirstInternationalConferenceonManichaeism;Lund University,Sweden.August1987.1986 "OralityandtextualityinthesynoptictraditionandtheGospelofThomas."

UniversityofMichigan,1987AnnualFacultyColloquiumofthedepartmentsofNearEasternStudiesandClassics(AnnArbor,MI).November1986.

1984 "Mark16:9-20:somepreviouslyunrecognizedform-criticalfeatures.”Annual meetingoftheNewEnglandRegionSocietyofBiblicalLiterature;EpiscopalDivinity School,Cambridge,MA.March1984.ResearchAward2016 “LifelongHonoraryMembership”intheInternationalAssociationforManichaean

Studies(Berlin,Germany).Researchofunstudiedinventoriesinmuseumlaboratories:2014-present.Studiedaca.18th-centuryHebrewTorahscrollintheSpencerResearch

Library,UniversityofKansas.Currentlyinpreparationforpublication.2012,2001,1993,1991,1989,1987.Selectedmanuscriptsfromunstudiedinventory,

preparedtranslations,andconservednumerousdamagedpapyrusmanuscripts;directedbyDr.WilliamBrashear.EgyptianMuseum,Berlin,Germany.Published.

2009 StudiedCopticManichaeanpapyrusmanuscripts;directedbyDr.M.Horton;Chester

BeattyLibrary,DublinCastle;Dublin,Ireland.1995,1989-1986.StudiedGreek,CopticandLatinpapyrusandvellummanuscripts;

conserveddamagedpapyrusmanuscripts;directedbyDr.LudwigKoenenandDr.TraianosGagos.UniversityofMichiganPapyrusCollection.Published.

1995 StudiedandtranslatedMiddleEgyptian(hieroglyphic)papyrustombscroll(ca.950

BCE)intheSpencerResearchLibrary,UniversityofKansas.Succeededingettingowner(J.Ballard)todonateittotheuniversity.Published.

1994 Transcribedandtranslateda12th-centuryGreekvellumritualscrollinthe

RegensteinLibrary,UniversityofChicago.1993 StudiedinkonstoneCopticinscriptions,preparedtranslations;directedbyDr.

HelenWhitehouse.AshmoleanMuseum,Oxford,England.Published.1993 Studiedfourth-centuryCopticpapyrusmanuscriptscontainingChristianritualtexts.

BritishLibrary,London,England.

1993 StudiedmuseumarchivesforhistoricalcorrespondencewithEgyptologistsin1910-1935;directedbyDr.ThomasPattie.BritishMuseum,London,England.Published.

1992 StudiedancientEgyptianinscribedgemsintheunstudiedinventoryoftheArt

InstituteofChicago.1992 StudiedCopticmanuscriptsandartifactsintheOrientalMuseum,Universityof

Chicago;advisedbyDr.TerryWilfong.1992 StudiedCopticmanuscriptsandartifactsintheFieldMuseumofNaturalHistory,

Chicago;advisedbyDr.TerryWilfong.1991,1989,1987.Studiedadamagedfourth-centuryCopticbook,focusedontranslation

andcodicology;directedbyDr.W.Brashear;advisersDr.GuntherPoethkeandHans-MartinSchenke;EgyptianMuseumpapyruscollections,(EastandWest)Berlin,Germany.Published.

1987 StudiedthenumismaticcollectionofGreekandRomancoinsfromEgypt,focusing

onunusualitems;directedbyDr.ElaineGazda.KelseyMuseumofArchaeology,UniversityofMichigan.

1983 StudiedGreekpapyrusmanuscripts;directedbyDr.H.Koester.HoughtonLibrary,

HarvardUniversity.ArchaeologicalExperience:studyofsitesandfinds:2006 SpentseveralweeksonSamothraceIsland,Greece,studyingthearchaeologicalsite,

meetingwitharchaeologistsandresearchingthemuseuminventory;majorphotographyproject;contactDr.J.McCredie.

1983&1981.TwicespentseveralweeksthroughoutGreecestudyingnumerous

archaeologicalsites,meetingwitharchaeologistsandresearchingmuseuminventories;majorHarvardphotographyproject;directedbyDr.H.Koester.

ResearchGrants:ExternalFunding:1998 ChapmanUniversity,DepartmentofReligion,Orange,CA.Travelgrantforall

expensestoreadapaperonmyresearch.August1998.1998 WestarInstitute,SantaRosa,CA.TravelgrantforallexpensestoWestar’sannual meetingtoreadtwoplenarypapersonmyresearch.October1998.1995 TheAmericanAcademyofReligionResearchFund,formuseumresearchatthe UniversityofMichigan.Summer1995.1995 ClaremontGraduateSchool,InstituteforAntiquityandChristianityresearchgrant

tosupportmuseumresearchattheUniversityofMichigan.July1995.1993 NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities;museumresearchinLondon(British Museum,BritishLibrary),Oxford(AshmoleanMuseum)andBerlin(Egyptian

Museum);studyofarchaeologyofPompeiiandHerculaneumwithconferenceatthe UniversityofCalabria,Cosenza,Italy.May-August1993.1992 ClaremontGraduateSchool,InstituteforAntiquityandChristianity,granttosupport

myinternationalconferenceatKU.August1992.$750.1989 AmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties;museumresearchin(formerEast andWest)Berlin(EgyptianMuseumandPergamonMuseum)withconferenceat BonnUniversity,Germany(May-August1989).$2,600.1989 BonnUniversity,Germany;travelstipendforresearchinBerlinandBonn.$400.1987 DeutscherAkademischerAustauschdienst(DAAD)formuseumresearchin (formerEastandWest)Berlin(EgyptianMuseum,PergamonMuseum)with conferenceatLundUniversity,Sweden(May-August1987).$4,500.1981/1983HarvardUniversity,PfeifferFellowship;archaeologicalresearchin

Greece(summers1981and1983)withresearchattheAmericanSchoolofClassicalStudies,Athens,Greece.$1,200x2.

ResearchGrants:InternalFunding:2012 CLASInternationalTravelFundtostudyandeditCopticandGreekmanuscriptsin theNeuesMuseum,Berlin,Germany.July24–August8,2012($1,200).2009 CLASInternationalTravelFundtoconductresearchintheChesterBeattyLibrary, Dublin,Ireland;atTrinityCollegeLibrary,Dublin;andtoreadascholarlypaperat theSeventhInternationalConferenceofManichaeanStudies(DublinCastle)4-12 September2009($1,200).2006 CLASInternationalTravelFundtosupportfour-weekstudyofthearchaeologyon SamothraceIsland,Greece,inpreparationforgraduateresearchseminarREL727.2001 HallCenterfortheHumanities:FacultyTravelGranttotraveltoBerlin,Germanyto

conductresearchonancientGreekandCopticmanuscripts($3,050).2000 SeveralgrantstoconveneandhostaninternationalconferenceattheUniversityof Kansasonancientmanuscripts;majorgrantswerereceivedfromtheDean’sOffice oftheCLASatKUandseveralKUunits(total$8,275).1999 CLASFacultyTravelFundtoreadapaperattheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature AnnualMeeting,Boston.1994 HallCenterfortheHumanities:SummerTravelStipend:researchona12th-century

GreekscrollintheRegensteinLibrary,UniversityofChicago.July1994.1993 CLASInternationalTravelFund:onmanuscriptsinBerlin,OxfordandLondon.June- September1993.

1992 CLASGeneralResearchFund:ResearchonmanuscriptsintheFieldMuseumofNaturalHistory,Chicago;theUniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor.June1992.$3,293.

1992 CLASLectureFund:forinternationalconferenceinreligiousstudiesatthe

UniversityofKansas.August1992.$300.1992 OfficeofInternationalStudiesandPrograms,UniversityofKansas;toconvene

internationalconferenceinreligiousstudiesAugust1992.$2,000.

1991 HallCenterfortheHumanities;museumresearchinBerlin(EgyptianMuseum)andconferenceattheCatholicUniversity,Leuven,Belgium.July-August1991.

1991 CLASInternationalTravelFundmuseumresearch:EgyptianMuseum,Berlin.

$3,228.1990 CLASGeneralResearchFund,UniversityofMichiganmuseumresearch.1990.

$3,000.

ResearchGrantsappliedfor,notfunded: 2000 TheTempletonFoundation:ScienceandReligionWorkshopsfornewcourses combiningscienceandhumanities,thirdapplication(withProf.A.Melott, DepartmentofAstronomyandPhysics).1997 NEHSummerStipendforresearchinBerlinmuseums.1997 TheTempletonFoundation:ScienceandReligionWorkshopsfornewcourses

combiningscienceandhumanities,secondapplication(withProf.A.Melott,DepartmentofAstronomyandPhysics).

1996 TheTempletonFoundation:ScienceandReligionWorkshopsfornewcourses combiningscienceandhumanities,firstapplication(withProf.A.Melott, DepartmentofAstronomyandPhysics).1995 AmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties.Applicationfortravelgranttoreadtwo

scholarlypapersattheannualinternationalmeetingoftheSocietyofBiblical Literature(Budapest,Hungary).1994 UniversityofKansasGeneralResearchFund:Applicationforaprojectentitled

"ATwelfth-CenturyGreekScrollintheRegensteinLibrary,UniversityofChicago.”Service:ServicetotheDepartmentofReligiousStudies:2017-present PrizesandAwardsCommittee,Chair.2009-2016 FacultyDevelopmentCommittee,Chair.2015 PromotionandTenureCommittee.2013 StudentResearchAwardsCommittee.

2009 PromotionandTenureCommitteeA.2009 PromotionandTenureCommitteeB.2006-2009 GraduateDirector.2006-2009 StudiesCommittee,Chair.2002-2005 DepartmentChair.2002-2005 FacultyDevelopmentCommittee,exofficio.2002-2003 NewFacultyMentor.2001-2002 FacultySearchCommittee:ReligionsofJapan.2002Summer ActingChair,ReligiousStudiesDepartment.2001-2002 NewFacultyMentor.2000-2001 FacultySearchCommittee:NativeAmericanReligions.1991-2002 DepartmentGraduateDirector.1990-2002 StudiesCommitteemember.1999 Adhoccommittee:graduatestudentrecruitingandcurricularcross-listing, metwithdeanofCentralBaptistSeminary,KansasCity,KS.1995 Movie.Arrangedstudentandfacultyeveningviewingandpaneldiscussion ofmovie"Heaven"(directedbyDianeKeaton).65attended.1994 Regent'sReview:Chair,AssessmentCommitteeforRELGraduateProgram.1992 Initiatedconstructionofthedepartment'sfirstinternetwebsite.1990 Movie.Arrangedstudentandfacultyeveningviewingandpaneldiscussion

ofmovie"TheLastTemptationofChrist"(directedbyMartinScorsese).120attended.

1989-1991 DepartmentUndergraduateDirector.ServicetoOtherUnits:2012-present JewishStudiesProgram.ExecutiveFacultyCommittee.Planningfor curriculargrowth,establishingthemajorandtheminor,advising,newhires.2011-2012 Ad-hocCommittee:MedievalCopticTextilesExhibit.SpencerMuseumofArt.2004 DepartmentofSociology.Committeeforthe“BaurStudentResearchAward.”2002 Electedmemberof“AAASUniversityofKansasAfricanists”forEgyptianand

Copticlanguages(“TitleVI”application).ServicetotheCollegeofLiberalArtsandSciences:2016 CLASDean’sFacultyMentorProgram.2013 CLASGraduateStudentResearchCompetition.Facultyjudge.2012 CLASCommitteeonStudentAssessmentExitInterviews.2010-2011 CLASCommitteeonGraduateStudies.2010-2011 CLASGraduateStudiesSub-CommitteeonPetitionsandProgramChanges.2008summer CLASDean’sAd-hocCommittee:ArltBookPrizes.

2000 Featuredspeakerat“The2000AnnualDean’sClub.”KUAlumniDonors.1996 CLASFreshmanSummerInstitute.Facultyadviserforincomingstudents.1994 CLASChairsReviewCommittee.1993-1994 CLASSabbaticalLeaveReviewCommittee.ServicetotheUniversity:2012-2014 Participatingfaculty.CenterforTeachingExcellence:“Documentingand AdvancingLearningProject(DAL).”2000-2001 StandingCommitteeforFellowships,ScholarshipsandStudentAffairs.2000 SubcommitteeonGraduateFacultyDissertationStatus.1991,1999 CommitteeonGraduateFacultyAppointmentsandAuthorizations.1999 CommitteeforDistinguishedDissertationAwardinHumanities.1999 CommitteeforLouiseByrdGraduateEducatorAward.1995-1998 CommitteeforMinorityGraduateandProfessionalSchoolStudent

Recruitment.1995 CommitteeonAssessmentofGeneralEducation,OfficeoftheVice- ChancellorforAcademicAffairs.1993-1996 CommitteeforGraduateFacultyScholarlyandProfessionalActivities.1991-1994 UniversityCouncil;DepartmentRepresentative.1991-1995 GraduateCouncil;DepartmentRepresentative.1991-1992 GraduateFacultyAppointmentsandAuthorizations.Servicetotheprofession:>>ThreeInternationalConferencesconvened:2000 Convenerofinternationalconference:“InternationalPapyrologyConference:

AncientGreekandCopticManuscripts.”EightinvitedparticipantsfromtheUS,Greece,EnglandandAustraliaandoneKUgraduatestudent.16-17August2000.

1998 Co-convener(withM.Meyer)ofinternationalconference:"TheSecond InternationalConferenceonRitualandMagicintheAncientWorld,”Chapman University.SelectrefereedpaperswerepublishedasMagicandRitualintheAncient World.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.(Netherlands:Brill,2002).

1992 Convenerofinternationalconference:"TheFirstInternationalConferenceonRitual andMagicintheAncientWorld,”UniversityofKansas.Selectrefereedpaperswere publishedasAncientMagicandRitualPower.P.Mirecki&M.Meyer,eds.

(Netherlands:Brill,1995).

>>EighteenSectionsConvenedinTenAnnualSBLConferences(78papersread):1995-2000“TheManichaeanStudiesGroup.”Tensectionsessionsduringsixannual meetingsofTheSocietyofBiblicalLiteraturewithmeetingsinPhiladelphia(1995), NewOrleans(1996),SanFrancisco(1997),Orlando(1998),Boston(1999)and Nashville(2000).Forty-sevenpapersreadintensections.1993-1994“TheConsultationonManichaeism.”Fivesectionsessionsduringtwoannual meetingsofTheSocietyofBiblicalLiteratureinWashington,D.C.(1993)and Chicago(1994).Nineteenpapersreadinfivesections.1988-1989“TheConsultationonManichaeism.”Threesectionsessionsduringtwoannual meetingsofTheSocietyofBiblicalLiteratureinChicago(1988)andLosAngeles (1989).Twelvepapersreadinthreesections.Reviewer/RefereeforAcademicPublishers:

Numen:InternationalReviewfortheHistoryofReligions(Brill)NationalGeographicMagazineOxfordUniversityPress(several)UniversityofIllinoisPressKnopfDoubledayPublishingGroup(edited550+encyclopediaarticles)McGraw-HillEducationRoutledgeHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPearson-LongmanPressMayfieldPress(several)Wadsworth/CengagePublishingXlibrisPublishersBrownGroupPublishers

ReviewerforOtherthanPublications:2002 PromotionandTenureCommittee,OutsideEvaluator.UniversityofMichigan, DepartmentofNearEasternStudies(EgyptologistDr.TerryWilfong).2002 PromotionandTenureCommittee,OutsideEvaluator.IllinoisWesleyanUniversity, DepartmentofReligion(Dr.AprilDeConick).1994 PromotionandTenureCommittee,OutsideEvaluator.ChapmanUniversity,

DepartmentofPhilosophyandReligion(Dr.MarvinW.Meyer).1994? DepartmentExternalReviewer,UniversityofMissouri-Columbia,Departmentof

Religion.

1994 NEHDissertationGrantCommittee:NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.1993-1995.KUDivisionofResearchPrograms.NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.1990 CommitteefortheKillamResearchFellowship-genderstudiesproposals.

LeConseildesArtsduCanada(Ottawa).ServicetoScholarlySocietiesandInstitutions:2017 MidwesternJewishStudiesAssociation2017Conference.Moderatorat“Jewsinthe Midwest:ca.1850-1950”sponsoredbytheJewishStudiesProgramandvarious

KUunits.

2015 NationalLibraryofIsrael,Jerusalem.PreparedHebrewtextanalyses,descriptions andphotographsoftwooldTorahscrollsintheSpecialCollectionsoftheUniversity ofKansasandBakerUniversity.InfowasaddedtothedatabaseofallknownTorah scrollsworldwidemanagedbytheNationalLibraryofIsraelinJerusalem.2008 U.S.FederalCouncilonLibraryandInformationResources.Grantapplication supportletterforBakerUniversity:“CatalogingHiddenCollectionsandArchives.”2006 ChesterBeattyLibrary,DublinCastle(Dublin,Ireland).Consultantforselectionof thelibrary’spapyrusmanuscriptsfortheirexhibitonancientEgypt.2003 Nelson-AtkinsMuseumofArt,KansasCity,MO.Transcribedandtranslated hieroglyphictextsinthemuseum’s“RamessesIinscriptions”forcuratorRobert Cohon.Honorarium.2002-present.InternationalAssociationforManichaeanStudies(Berlin,Germany).Iwas electedin2002totheAdvisoryBoardoftheIAMS,withsharedresponsibilitieson theAdvisoryCommittee(internationalconferenceplanningandpublications throughBrepolsPublishers,Belgium).1999 Nelson-AtkinsMuseumofArt,KansasCity,MO.Transcribedandtranslated hieroglyphictextsinthemuseum’s“Nefuinscriptions”forcuratorRobertCohon. Honorarium.1995 RareBooksLibrary,UniversityofMichigan.Consultanttoconstructanonline

exhibitofpapyrusmanuscriptsintheUniversityofMichiganRareBooksLibrary.Publicservicetothecommunity.Civilservice:2018 ResearchandmeetingwiththeLawrencePlanningandDevelopmentServices

concerningenvironmentallysensitiveareas;LawrenceNeighborhoodAssociation.2017-2018ResearchforBarberEmersonLawOfficesandSpringwoodHeights

NeighborhoodAssociationconcerningdevelopmentnear“UndergroundRailroad”historicalsite.VideoofpublicpresentationtotheLawrencePlanningCommission

onJanuary24,2018onYouTubebeginningat2:04:30https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baMl7EdW64o&feature=youtu.be

2006-2009ElectedfirstPresidentofthe“HobbsTaylorLoftsHomeOwnersAssociation” meetingswithvariousLawrencegovernment,policeandtownplanningagencies.1999 Expertwitness.DistrictCourtofMissouri;testifiedonthenatureandhistoryof

Christianfishsymbolisminwordandimage.FirstAmendmentcaseconcerningtownofRepublic,MO.Spring-Summer1999.

1996 Expertwitness.DistrictCourtofShawneeCounty,Kansas;testifiedonthenature oftheRastafarianreligionanditsrituals.Aug-Sept1996.PublicTeaching/ConsultingService:2018 Onlineteachingconsultantforhigh-schoolstudentsatBlueValleyWestHighSchool, OverlandPark,KSontheacademicstudyofreligionwithfocusonSanteria. Spring2018.2018 ConsultantforMr.SaadAlmuhairi(UnitedArabEmirates)acollectorofancient

artifacts,concerninganoldHebrewandArabicritualscroll;possibledonationtoKU’srarebookcollection.Spring2018.

2018 Consultanton“religiousstudiesPh.D.experienceintheUS”forfictiontrilogy-

novels’authorV.Meyers.Spring2018.2017 Onlineteachingconsultantformiddle-schoolstudentsinBlueValleySchoolDistrict,

OverlandPark,Kansas,onancientEgyptianculture.Respondedviaemailstoquestionsfrom21sixth-gradersandteachers(DigitalLearningCenter,BlueValleySchoolDistrict).Oct-Dec2017.

2015 Publictalk:“MythsofearlyChristianpersecution:fact,fiction,politicalrhetoric.” TheUniversityForum,EcumenicalChristianMinistries,Lawrence,KS.2012 Videotapedinterviewsfordocumentaryfilm“JesuswasaMoonwalker”producer

A.Lundgren,KansasCityArtInstitute.FilmpremieredatNelson-AtkinsMuseumofArt,KansasCity,May2012.VideospostedonYouTubeat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEtPCddYEMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyzlbjxY6Sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu6jvyB8X6s 2011 Publictalk:“HistoryofAnglo-SaxonandEnglishBiblesfromtheLindisfarneGospels

totheWycliffeBible(715-1384).”PlymouthCongregationalChurch,Lawrence,KS.

2009 Consultant.LinguisticsscholarHassanMahamadHassan,AirForceCaptain,RepublicofDjiboutiandtheU.S.ArmyCommand,onrelationsbetweenAfar,theindigenouslanguageofDjiboutiandancientEgyptian.SeveralmeetingsinLawrence.

2009 Publictalk:“BookoftheDead:ancientEgyptianconceptsofafterlifeand resurrection.”TheUniversityForum,EcumenicalChristianMinistries,Lawrence,KS.

2009 Publictalk:“WhoseEaster?VarietiesofresurrectionbeliefsamongearlyChristians andwhyitmatters.”TheCommunityofReasonattheUniversityofMissouri,Kansas City,MO.2009 Publictalk:“AncientJewishandChristianGnosticism:thenandnow.”TheUniversity Forum,EcumenicalChristianMinistries,Lawrence,KS.2008 Publictalk:“JewishGnosticismattheintersectionofmodernpoliticsandreligion.” TheCommunityofReasonattheUniversityofMissouri,KansasCity,MO.2005 ConsultationforcreativeworksbyartistS.Murphy(Leavenworth,KS)onaccurate depictionsofEgyptianartandhieroglyphictextsinmulti-mediapresentation.2004 Publictalk:“HistoricalandliterarymethodinancientChristianstudies.”Plymouth CongregationalChurch,Lawrence.2003 Publictalk:“AncientEgyptianreligion.”UnityChurch,Lawrence,KS.2002 Publictalk:“Believers,agnostics,atheists:who,what,why.”Communityspeakerin “ControversyThursdaysSeries.”KiwanisInternational,LawrenceKansasClub. 2002 Publictalk:“Whatarethe‘lostgospels?’.”UnityChurch,Lawrence,KS.1998 Publictalk:"On‘lost’sayingsofJesusinanewlydiscoveredgospel."Village PresbyterianChurch,PrairieVillage,KS.1997 Publictalk:"Onthediscoveryofalostgospel."TheUniversityForum,Ecumenical ChristianMinistries,Lawrence,KS.1992 Publictalk:"CurrentissuesinDeadSeaScrollsresearch."TheLawrence

UnitarianFellowship.

1991 Publictalk:"ThetextoftheBibleintheDeadSeaScrollsandothermanuscript discoveries."TheChurchofJesusChristLatterDaySaints,Lawrence.1991 Publictalk:"TheacademicstudyofreligionattheUniversityofKansas."The ChurchofJesusChristLatterDaySaints,Lawrence.ProfessionalAffiliations:pastandpresentAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearchAmericanSocietyofPapyrologistsAssociationInternationaledePapyrologuesCatholicBiblicalAssociationCopticMagicalTextsProject,ClaremontGraduateSchoolInstituteforAntiquityandChristianity,ClaremontGraduateSchoolInternationalAssociationforCopticStudiesInternationalAssociationforManichaeanStudies(honorarylifemember)

JesusSeminar,WillametteUniversity(supportingobservermember)SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureOther:

HarvardAlumniAssociation,KansasCityChapterHarvardUniversityYachtClub(mid-1980s)

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyYachtClub(mid-1980s)