- Det teologiske Menighetsfakultet
Postboks 5144 Majorstuen
N-0302 Oslo
Victor Ghica
Norwegian School of Theology, Department of Church History, Department Member
- Early Christian Archaeology, Coptic (Archaeology), Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Coptic dialects, Coptic Epigraphy and Codicology, Coptic Papyrology, and 31 moreVariational Linguistics, Ancient North Arabian Linguistics, North Arabian Epigraphy, Western Desert of Egypt, Eastern Desert of Egypt, Lexical and Grammatical Borrowing, Gnosticism and Manichaeanism, Gnosticism, Early Christian Apocryphal Literature, Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Early Christianity, Viking Age Archaeology, Vikings in the East, Vikings in the East, Varangians, Old Rus', Vikings in the East, Viking Swords, Shestovitsa/Shestovica cemetery, Balkan archaeology, Archaeology of Roman Dalmatia, Aromanians, Syriac Epigraphy, Christian Arabic Literature, Arabic Epigraphy, Church Archaeology, Church architecture, Constantine, Fatimid Egypt, Migrations (Archaeology), Archaeology Of The Migration Period And The Early Middle Ages, Migration Period Archaeology, Arabian/Persian Gulf Archaeology, and Christianity in South Arabia before Islamedit
Acta apostolorum et conte fantastique, récit post-résurrectionnel et parabole de la quête du Royaume, hymne à la résistance face aux persécutions mais aussi mythe fondateur de la mission chrétienne, ouvrage de propagande tout autant que... more
Acta apostolorum et conte fantastique, récit post-résurrectionnel et parabole de la quête du Royaume, hymne à la résistance face aux persécutions mais aussi mythe fondateur de la mission chrétienne, ouvrage de propagande tout autant que précis d’évasion, le premier écrit du codex VI de Nag Hammadi se prête à de multiples lectures. Cette polysémie découle d’un processus rédactionnel complexe, dont le texte conserve de nombreuses traces, qui se cristallise en quatre discours distincts dissimulés dans autant de récits à la fois autonomes et interdépendants : une théologie plurivoque, en même temps extatique et symbolique, véhiculée par l’histoire hybride de Lithargoël, à la fois allégorie du salut de l’âme et psychanodie, un enseignement euthymique transmis par le Jésus ressuscité d’une scène épiphanique, une théologie diaconale et une théorie novatrice de la mission chrétienne, corollaires d’un récit missionnaire, et enfin une théologie ascétique et une apologie de la perpétuation de l’Église, renfermées dans une ample métaphore de l’endurance. Si la dernière étape de sa composition peut être attribuée à un cercle mélétien du tout début du ive siècle, cet apocryphe semble circuler, non seulement en Égypte mais aussi à Rome, en Nubie et en Palestine, au moins jusqu’au xiie siècle.
Research Interests: Gnosticism, Early Christianity, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Early Christian Apocryphal Literature, Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, and 9 moreEarly Christian Art, Coptic dialects, Early Christian Literature, Apocrypha, Nubian studies, Variational Linguistics, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Jewish and Christian Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha, and Jewish and Christian Apocryphal Texts
Forthcoming in L. Painchaud, T. Rasimus (eds.), Nag Hammadi à 70 ans. Qu'avons-nous appris ? Actes du colloque international tenu à l'Université Laval, 29-31 mai 2015
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Forthcoming in A. Camplani, P. Buzzi (eds.), Acts of the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies
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Forthcoming in A. Camplani, P. Buzzi (eds.), Acts of the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies
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Forthcoming in in O. Kaper (ed.), The Oasis Papers 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project
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In O. Brandt, G. Castiglia, V. Fiocchi Nicolai (eds.), Acta XVI congressus internationalis archaeologiae christianae Romae (22-28.9.2013). Costantino e i Costantinidi: l’innovazione costantiniana, le sue radici e i suoi sviluppi (Studi di... more
In O. Brandt, G. Castiglia, V. Fiocchi Nicolai (eds.), Acta XVI congressus internationalis archaeologiae christianae Romae (22-28.9.2013). Costantino e i Costantinidi: l’innovazione costantiniana, le sue radici e i suoi sviluppi (Studi di antichità cristiana 66), pars I, Città del Vaticano: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 2016.
Research Interests: Egyptian Archaeology, Early Christianity, Eastern Christianity, Early Christian Art, Coptic (Archaeology), and 11 moreEarly Christian Architecture, Early Christian Archaeology, Early Christian Studies, Early Christianity, Late Antiquity, Western Desert of Egypt, Eastern Desert of Egypt, Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, Early Christianity, History of Early Christian Church, Coptic Epigraphy and Codicology, Desert Road Archaeology, and Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions
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Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Archaeobotany, Balkan Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, and 19 moreEarly Christianity, Early Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Balkan archaeology, Early Christian Art, Dalmatian history, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Early Christian Architecture, Church architecture, Roman ceramics, Early Christian Archaeology, Ostrogoths, Archaeology of Roman Dalmatia, Medieval church architecture, Ceramica Romana, Late Antique and Christian archaeology, Byzantine history and archaeology, and BYZANTIUM AND THE WEST
Ovaj rad sadrži preliminarno izvješće o drugoj sezoni iskapanja na Bribirskoj glavici u okviru međunarodnog arheološkog projekta Varvaria / Breberium / Bribir. U tekstu se prezentira pregled terenskog rada, njegovi rezultati te arheološki... more
Ovaj rad sadrži preliminarno izvješće o drugoj sezoni iskapanja na Bribirskoj glavici u okviru međunarodnog arheološkog projekta Varvaria
/ Breberium / Bribir. U tekstu se prezentira pregled terenskog rada, njegovi rezultati te arheološki predmeti pronađeni i izučavani u ovoj sezoni. Obrađeni materijal se odnosi na bribirsku rotundu i arhitektonske strukture oko nje.
/ Breberium / Bribir. U tekstu se prezentira pregled terenskog rada, njegovi rezultati te arheološki predmeti pronađeni i izučavani u ovoj sezoni. Obrađeni materijal se odnosi na bribirsku rotundu i arhitektonske strukture oko nje.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Balkan Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 17 moreEarly Medieval History, Medieval Archaeology, Croatian History, Viking Age Archaeology, Church History, Latin Epigraphy, Celtic Archaeology, Balkan archaeology, Medieval Croatian History, Dalmatian history, Viking Age Scandinavia, Early Christian Architecture, Dark Ages History, Archaeological Excavation, Early Christian Archaeology, Christian Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
The present paper contains the interim report on the second season of fieldwork carried out at Bribirska Glavica by the Varvaria / Breberium / Bribir Archaeological Project. The text gives an overview of the field operations undertaken,... more
The present paper contains the interim report on the second season of fieldwork carried out at Bribirska Glavica by the Varvaria / Breberium / Bribir Archaeological Project. The text gives an overview of the field operations undertaken, their results and the archaeological finds excavated
and studied during this season. This material relates both to the rotunda church and to built structures postdating it.
and studied during this season. This material relates both to the rotunda church and to built structures postdating it.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Balkan Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 17 moreEarly Medieval History, Medieval Archaeology, Croatian History, Viking Age Archaeology, Church History, Latin Epigraphy, Celtic Archaeology, Balkan archaeology, Medieval Croatian History, Dalmatian history, Viking Age Scandinavia, Early Christian Architecture, Dark Ages History, Archaeological Excavation, Early Christian Archaeology, Christian Archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
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This paper has a twofold objective: to associate dates to the building stratigraphy of the Bribir rotunda church and to contextualise its basic architectural features into the chronotypology of circularly planned monuments of late antique... more
This paper has a twofold objective: to associate dates to the building stratigraphy of the Bribir rotunda church and to contextualise its basic architectural features into the chronotypology of circularly planned monuments of late antique Christian architecture. The presentation has two sections. Ancillary to the latter, the former part focuses on chronology. However, along with an argumentative presentation of dates, this part engages also in a brief heuristic discussion on the relevance of the choice of methods of archaeological dating adopted in establishing the chronology of the rotunda. The second part discusses critically the main analytic models that shaped the study of antique, late antique and early mediaeval rotundas, whilst putting into perspective the ground-breaking dating of Bribir’s rotunda. As any serious attempt toward a geotypology of late antique Christian rotunda-type buildings in Central-Eastern Europe is hindered by the extremely limited corpus and the poor excavation methods applied to these monuments, this paper can only offer a critical appraisal and a status quaestionis.
Research Interests: Late Antique Archaeology, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Balkan archaeology, Early Christian Art, Early Christian Architecture, and 10 moreChurch architecture, Early Christian Archaeology, Croatian Archaeology, Roman, Late Antique and Medieval archaeology in the Balkans, Christianisation of Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Middle Ages, Medieval Art and Architecture, Medieval church architecture, Archaeology Of The Migration Period And The Early Middle Ages, Barbarians and Romans in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, and Architecture Médiévale
An inscription containing a Scandinavian toponym and two triangular bronze bowls of Irish origin were discovered in 2015 during the excavations carried out below the floor of the graveyard church of Sts Joachim and Ann. The goal of this... more
An inscription containing a Scandinavian toponym and two triangular bronze bowls of Irish origin were discovered in 2015 during the excavations carried out below the floor of the graveyard church of Sts Joachim and Ann. The goal of this exploratory paper is to both present these objects and discuss their relevance and usability as historical sources. For want of models able to shed light on the chain of contexts to which these artefacts belonged prior to their burial, this paper limits itself to a review of the material record documenting the contacts between the north-west of the continent and the Balkan and peri-Balkan area in the Vendel Period and the early Viking Age.
Research Interests: Early Medieval Archaeology, Viking Age Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Celtic Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, and 16 moreScandinavian Archaeology, Dark Ages History, Material culture in the medieval Mediterranean, Material Culture of the Viking age, Vendeltid, Vendel period, Vendel Era Norse, medieval material culture (Northern Europe), Vikings in the East, Vikings in the East, Varangians, Old Rus', Varangians, Skåne, Hiberno Saxon Art, Vendel Period and Viking Age Art and Archaeology, Byzantium and Scandinavia, and Medieval latin inscriptions from Croatia
Research Interests: Asceticism, Early Christianity, Eastern Christianity, Early Christian Apocryphal Literature, Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, and 9 moreHistory of Monasticism, Ascetical Theology, Early Christian Literature, History of Early Christian Literature, Early monasticism, Coptic Literature, early Egyptian monasticism, Early Christian Papyri and Inscriptions, and Early Asceticism and Monasticism
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Roman History, Art History, and 20 moreMedieval History, Medieval Studies, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval History, Medieval Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Carolingian Studies, Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology), Medieval Art, Late Antique Art and Archaeology, Early Medieval Sculpture (Archaeology), Late Roman Archaeology, Prehistory, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture, Roman Architecture, Late Roman and early Byzantine fortifications, Early Medieval Architecture, and Roman Archaeology
A sample of 3D reconstructions from Bribir in Croatia, made from 2014 to 2018