Christian representations of deformities and disabilities
Pseudo-Clementines
Illness and healing in the ancient world
Christian martyr acts
Ancient magic and astrology
Websites
https://religion.fsu.edu/person/nicole-kelley
Publications
Books:
Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines: Situating the Recognitions in Fourth-Century Syria. WUNT 2.213; Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006
Selected Articles and Essays:
“Astrology in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions,” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 59.4 (2008) 607-29.
“The Theological Significance of Physical Deformity in Two Ancient Christian Interpretations of John 9.1-41, ” Perspectives in Religious Studies 34.1 (2007) 77-90.
“Philosophy as Training for Death: Reading the Ancient Christian Martyr Acts as Spiritual Exercises,” Church History 75.4 (2006) 723-47.
“Problems of Knowledge and Authority in the Pseudo-Clementine Romance of Recognitions,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 13.3 (2005) 315-48.
