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Michael A. Williams

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Michael Williams

Professor

maw@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

  • Antiquity
  • Biblical Hebrew
  • Coptic Language
  • Early Christianity
  • Religion

Education

Ph.D., 1977, Harvard
  • Selected Research

    • Williams, Michael A. "Introduction to "Gnosticism."Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds." Church History & Religious Culture 94, no. 1 (March 2014): 77-80.
    • Williams, Michael A. "The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity." Journal Of Early Christian Studies 19, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 479-480.
    • Williams, Michael A. "The Secret Revelation of John." Journal Of The American Academy Of Religion 76, no. 1 (March 2008): 243-246.
    • Williams, Michael A. "Why This New Race? Ethnic Reasoning in Early Christianity." Journal Of Religion 87, no. 2 (April 2007): 271-272.
    • Volokhine, Youri, David Frankfurter, and Michael A. Williams. "Book Reviews." Numen: International Review For The History Of Religions 53, no. 3 (July 2006): 385-401.
    • Williams, Michael A. "'Zerstort die Werke der Weiblichkeit!' (Book Review)." Journal Of Religion 81, no. 3 (July 2001): 452.
    • Williams, Michael A. "Jesu Lehren in Thomasevangelium (Book Review)." Journal Of Religion 81, no. 3 (July 2001): 457.
    • Williams, Michael A. "Book Reviews and Notes." Church History 68, no. 3 (September 1999): 675.
    • Williams, Michael A. "The Nag Hammadi Library in English (Book)." Journal Of Biblical Literature 97, no. 4 (December 1978): 610. 
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