Magdalena Díaz Araujo

RESEARCH FIELDS

Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypticism and Mysticism, Gender Studies, Aesthetics

CURRENT RESEARCH

•The figure of Iao in magical texts and artifacts of Late Antiquity, as a nexus between Jewish and Christian communities.
•The relationship between Yahoel and the Angel of the Lord in Apocalyptic and Mystic texts, belonging to Jewish and Christian communities in Late Antiquity.

EDUCATION

•Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne
PhD. in History of Religions and Religious Anthropology (2012)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mireille Hadas-Lebel
•Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne
M.A. (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) in History of Religions and Religious Anthropology (2003)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mireille Hadas-Lebel
•Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
B.A. (Profesorado and Licenciatura) in History (2000 and 2001)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. María Inés Dugini

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE

•Faculty of Arts and Design, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Professor of the Graduate Seminar “Bodies under control: Feminine bodies, sexualities and violence I (from Ancient Egypt to the Baroque)” (October - November 2017)
•Department of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja
Professor of Judaism and Early Christianity, Research Methodology, and History of Religions (August 2013 to date)
•Faculty of Arts and Design, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Professor of History of Arts and Scenography (November 2014 to date)
•Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
Invited Professor, Seminário Oracula: Atos Apócrifos: Cultura e Religião Popular no Mediterrâneo (May 2016)
•Fakultät für Katholische Theologie, Universität Regensburg
Visiting Professor, Oberseminar Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments (June 2015)
•Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Visiting Researcher for the Research Project “Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares (CENOB). Matériaux incantatoires méditerranéens (-600-+600) : analyse et pensée” (EPHE - FNRS, Bruxelles – University of Padova), invited by Jean-Daniel Dubois (January - February 2014)

•Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Assistant Professor of Historiography and Methodology of History (April 2013 – December 2015)
•Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Invited Lecturer for the Research Project “Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares (CENOB). Matériaux incantatoires méditerranéens (-600-+600) : analyse et pensée” (EPHE - FNRS, Bruxelles – University of Padova), invited by Jean-Daniel Dubois (January - December 2012)
•Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Invited Lecturer, Séminaire Qumrân de Paris “Questions actuelles sur les Manuscrits de la Mer Morte” (November 2011)
•Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Assistant Professor of History of Arts (February – October 2007)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
•Member of the Research Project “Corrientes filosófico-religiosas en la Antigüedad Tardía. Resonancias en el pensamiento contemporáneo”, headed by Professor Jorge Bernardo Nante, Instituto de Investigación en Filosofía, Letras y Estudios Orientales, Universidad del Salvador, CABA (2018 – 2019)
•Member of the Research Project “Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares (CENOB). Matériaux incantatoires méditerranéens (-600-+600) : analyse et pensée”, headed by Jean-Daniel Dubois (EPHE), Michèle Broze (FNRS, Université de Bruxelles) and Paolo Scarpi (University of Padova), supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and the CNRS (2011 – 2015)
•Member of the International Association of Patristic Studies (2014 to date)
•Correspondent of the Association d’Etudes sur la Littérature Apocryphe Chrétienne (AELAC) (2005 to date)
•Member of the Society of Biblical Literature (2011, 2015)
•Contributor to the Research Project “Religiones y estructura social en la Argentina del Siglo XXI”, headed by Fortunato Mallimaci (CONICET), supported by the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (2006-2010)
•Member of the Centre Lenain de Tillemont “Méditerranée antique : Civilisations et Christianisme ancien“ / Antiquité classique et tardive, headed by François Baratte (Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne / CNRS) (2003-2012)
•Member of the Centro de Investigaciones en Filosofía e Historia de las Religiones (CIFHIRE), headed by Francisco García Bazán (Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Buenos Aires / CONICET) (2003-2011)
•Member of the Research Project “Valoración del proyecto intelectual en ciernes de los Cuartos Annales”, headed by. Marta Duda and Yazmín Gorayeb, supported by the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (2002-2004)
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
•Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Postdoctoral Grant conferred by the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (January – February 2014)
•Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Workshop Grant conferred by the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (December 2012)
•Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne
Doctoral Grant conferred by the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (June 2012)
•Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne
Doctoral Scholarship, conferred by the Programme Alban, European Union Programme of High Level Scholarship for Latin America (October 2007 – February 2010)
PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
•Coordinator of Research, Secretary of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (April 2019 to date)
•Member of the Evaluation Committee of Espirales, Revista para a integraçao da América Latina e o Caribe, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (April 2019 to date)
•Member of the Evaluation Committee of Research Projects, Secretary of Science and Technology, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (November 2018 to date)
•Member of the Scientific Committee of Revista Palabra y Razón, Facultad de Ciencias Religiosas y Filosóficas, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca (March 2017 to date)
•Member of the Evaluation Committee of BA Dissertations, Licenciatura (BA) in Theology and Compared Religions. Department of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (December 2015 to date)
•Member of the Evaluation Committee of Anuario del Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti”, CONICET (November 2015 to date)
•Graduate and Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (June 2015 to date)
•Member of the Advisor Council for the Curriculum reform, Licenciatura (BA) in Theology and Compared Religions. Department of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (June 2015 to date)
•Member of the Advisor Council, Licenciatura (BA) in Theology and Compared Religions. Department of Humanities, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (November 2013 to date)

Monographs

• (2012): La représentation de la femme et l’invention de la notion du « péché de la chair » d’après la Vie grecque d’Adam et Eve [The Representation of the Woman and the Invention of the Notion of "Sin of Flesh", according to Greek Life of Adam and Eve], Doctoral Dissertation. Paris, Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne, Service de reproduction électronique des thèses, 370 pp.
• (2003): La vision de la femme d’après la Vie grecque d’Adam et Eve [The Vision of the Woman according to Greek Life of Adam and Eve], Mémoire de D.E.A. (M.A. Dissertation). Paris, Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne, 110 pp.
• (2001): “La mujer en el cine argentino (1933-1943). Realidad y ficción” [The Woman in the Argentine Cinema (1933-1943). Reality and fiction], Tesina de Licenciatura (B.A. Dissertation). Mendoza, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 70 pp.

Book Chapters

• (2018): “Introduction”, Section “The Discovery of the Manuscripts of Qumran and the Apocryphal Literature: Their Impact on Patristic Studies”, in The Discoveries of Manuscripts from Late Antiquity: their Impact on Patristic Studies in the Contemporary World, Turnhout, Brepols (in press)
• (2018): “Los pecados de la “primera mujer”. Tradiciones sobre Eva en la Literatura del Segundo Templo, con especial atención a la Vida de Adán y Eva” [The Sins of the First Woman: Eve Traditions in Second Temple’s Literature, with Special Regard to the Life of Adam and Eve], in La Biblia y las Mujeres. Colección de exégesis, cultura e historia. Volumen Primeros Escritos Judíos, edited by Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Madrid, Editorial Verbo Divino [http://www.bibleandwomen.org/ES/] (in press)
• (2018): “El Dios inefable y su relación con el Nombre. El “déuteros theós” en los primeros siglos de nuestra era” [The Ineffable God and his Relationship with the Name: The "Déuteros Theós" in the First Centuries of our Era], in P. Ciner – J. B. García Bazán – J. C. Alby (eds.). “Tgnosis nnapokryphon” (El conocimiento oculto"): Homenaje a Francisco García Bazán, Buenos Aires, Ediciones Guadalquivir (in press)
• (2017): “La gloria inexpresable. Las teofanías de los apócrifos del Antiguo Testamento y su significado en una variante copta de las Actas de Pilato” [The Ineffable Glory: The Theophanies of the Old Testament Apocrypha and their Meaning in a Coptic Variant of the Acts of Pilate], in A. Van den Kerchove - L. Soares Santoprete (eds.), Gnose et maniquéisme. Entre les oasis d’Égypte et la Route de la Soie : Hommage à Jean-Daniel Dubois, Collection « Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études », série Sciences Religieuses BEHE 176, Turnhout, Brepols, 493- 520
• (2017): “The Sins of the First Woman: Eve Traditions in Second Temple’s Literature, with Special Regard to the Life of Adam and Eve ”, in The Bible and Women: An Encyclopedia of Exegesis and Cultural History, Volume on Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, edited by Eileen Schuller and Marie-Theres Wacker, Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature Press, 91-112 [http://www.bibleandwomen.org/EN/editorial.php]
• (2017): „Die Sünden der Ersten Frau. Eva-Traditionen in der Literatur des Zweiten Tempels unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Schrift „Leben Adams und Evas““ [The Sins of the First Woman: Eve Traditions in Second Temple’s Literature, with Special Regard to the Life of Adam and Eve] (Translated by Marie-Theres Wacker), in Fruhjudische Schriften. Die Bibel und die Frauen. Eine exegetische –kulturgeschichtliche Enzyklopädie, edited by Marie-Theres Wacker and Eileen Schuller, Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 87-107 [http://www.bibleandwomen.org/EN/editorial.php]
• (2017): “La « fin des temps » (ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων τῶν καιρῶν) dans la Vie d’Adam et Ève (VAE 42, 1 (13, 3). Une relecture des manuscrits grecs ALCR” [The "End of Time" (ἐπ ' ἐσχάτων τῶν καιρῶν) in the Life of Adam and Eve (LAE 42.1 (13.3). Rereading Greek Manuscripts ALCR], in F. Amsler; A. Frey; J.-D. Kaestli; A.-L. Rey (eds.), avec la collaboration de B. Cangemi Trolla et M. Rouquette. La Vie d’Adam et les traditions adamiques. Actes du quatrième colloque international sur les littératures apocryphes juive et chrétienne, Lausanne – Genève, 7-10 janvier 2014 (Publications de l’Institut romand des sciences bibliques 8), Lausanne, Éditions du Zèbre, 53-70
• (2012): “Le “péché de la chair” dans la Vie grecque d’Adam et Eve. La relation entre la chair et le mauvais penchant dans une tradition judéo-hellénistique” [The “Sin of Flesh" in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve: The Relationship between Flesh and Sinful Inclination in a Hellenistic Jewish Tradition], in Actes du Vème Colloque de La Rochelle. Les 9, 10 et 11 septembre 2011. Les Pères de l’Eglise et la chair. Entre incarnation et diabolisation, Les premiers chrétiens au risque du corps, Association CaritasPatrum, 65-85.

Publications with peer review process

• (2018): “Los nomina barbara en textos y artefactos mágicos de la Antigüedad Tardía: el caso de Iao” [The Nomina Barbara in Magical Texts and Artifacts from Late Antiquity: the Case of Iao], in Anuario del Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti”, Año 2018, N° 18, CONICET (in press)
• (2017): “The Satan’s Disguise. The Exoneration of Eve in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve 17, 1-2”, in Judaïsme Ancien / Ancient Judaism 5, Turnhout, Brepols, 157-180
• (2014): “Some remarks on the Merkabah’s vision in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve”, in Apocrypha 25, Turnhout, Brepols, 151-170
• (2005): “Estudio preliminar sobre el carácter esotérico de la Vida griega de Adán y Eva” [Preliminary Study on the Esoteric Character of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve], in EPIMELEIA, Revista de Estudios sobre la Tradición, Vol. XIV, N° 27-28, Centro de Investigaciones en Filosofía e Historia de las Religiones (CIFHIRE), Buenos Aires, 23-40
• (2003): “El problema del medio de origen y la datación de la Vida griega de Adán y Eva” [The Problem of Milieu’s Provenance and Date of the Greek Life of Adam and Eve], in EPIMELEIA, Revista de Estudios sobre la Tradición, Vol. XII, N° 23-24, Centro de Investigaciones en Filosofía e Historia de las Religiones (CIFHIRE), Buenos Aires, 91-114

Book Reviews

• (2014) Review of J.-P. PETTORELLI; J.-D. KAESTLI; A. FREY; B. OUTTIER (Eds.), Vita latina Adae et Evae. Synopsis Vitae Adae et Evae Latine, Graece, Armeniace et Iberice. Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum (CCSA 18-19), Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2012, in Apocrypha 25, Turnhout, Brepols, 248-252 [In French]
• (2013) Review of José Pablo MARTÍN (ed.). Filón de Alejandría. Obras completas Volumen III. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2012, in Reviews of the Enoch Seminar [http://www.enochseminar.org//drupal/node/8540] [In English]
• (2012) Review of José Pablo MARTÍN (ed.). Filón de Alejandría. Obras completas Volumen III. Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2012, in Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi 29/2, Centro Italiano di Studi Superiori delle Religioni, 246-248 [In Spanish]
• (2010) Review of Andrei A. ORLOV, From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha, Leiden, Brill (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 114), 2007, p. xiv+481, in Apocrypha, 20, Turnhout, Brepols, 281-282 [In French]
• (2006) Review of Johannes TROMP, The Life of Adam and Eve in Greek. A Critical Edition, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2005, 207 p., in Apocrypha, 17, Turnhout, Brepols, 277-278 [In French]

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES

• Conference “La magia y los nomina barbara en la Antigüedad Tardía”, Segundas Jornadas Nacionales de Historia de la Antigüedad Tardía. La Rioja, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, 2018
• Conference “La mirada del otro en el Barroco”, with Viviana Carrieri, Semana de las Artes y el Diseño, Facultad de Artes y Diseño. Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2017
• Conference “A 500 años. Luces y sombras de la Reforma Protestante”, with Prof. Marcos Olalla and Prof. Osvaldo López Ruiz, Cátedras libres “Roberto Carretero” and “Mauricio López”, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2017
• Conference “Las gloriosas vestiduras de Adán y Eva (Vida de Adán y Eva [50] 20,1-2)”, presented at the Seminário Oracula: Atos Apócrifos: Cultura e Religião Popular no Mediterrâneo. São Paulo, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2016
• Talk-Debate “La religión en la esfera pública”, with Carlos Lombardi and Ezequiel Potaschner, Cátedras libres “Roberto Carretero” and “Mauricio López”. Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2015
• Lecture “Les entités protectrices dans l’ascension de l’âme. Dialogues possibles entre des textes gnostiques et des apocryphes juifs ”, (in collaboration with Mariano Troiano), presented at the Réunion du Projet “Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares. Matériaux incantatoires méditerranéens (-600-+600) : analyse et pensée” (CENOB/BARBARA). Paris, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 2014
• Conference “El descubrimiento de los Manuscritos del Mar Muerto”, Departamento de Humanidades. La Rioja, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, 2014
• Conference “El descubrimiento de los Manuscritos del Mar Muerto”, Cátedra libre de Derechos humanos, Nación y Racismo / Secretaría de Extensión Universitaria. Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2014
• Lecture “Iael comme nom divin et angélique”, presented at the Réunion du Projet “Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares. Matériaux incantatoires méditerranéens (-600-+600) : analyse et pensée” (CENOB/BARBARA). Paris, École Pratique des Hautes Études, 2012.
• MAIN UNPUBLISHED PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
• Díaz Araujo, M.; Troiano, M. A.: “Las entidades protectoras en el ascenso del alma. Posibles diálogos entre los textos gnósticos y los apócrifos judíos”, presented at the Jornada Corrientes filosófico-religiosas en la Antigüedad Tardía. Resonancias en el pensamiento contemporáneo”, Instituto de Investigación en Filosofía, Letras y Estudios Orientales. CABA, Universidad del Salvador, 2018.
• Díaz Araujo, M.: “El Ángel del Nombre y el Nombre del Mesías. Recepciones exegéticas desde la ambigüedad y la transferencia”, presented at the II Congreso Internacional de Estudios Patrísticos. San Juan, Universidad Católica de Cuyo, 2017.
• Díaz Araujo, M.: “Trascendiendo el pecado original. El deseo como principio de todo pecado (Vida griega de Adán y Eva 19,3)”, presented at the Seminário Oracula: Atos Apócrifos: Cultura e Religião Popular no Mediterrâneo. São Paulo, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2016.
• Díaz Araujo, M.: “Las múltiples facetas de Yahoel. Entre el Judaísmo apocalíptico y los textos gnósticos”, presented at the Primeras Jornadas Nacionales de Historia de la Antigüedad Tardía. La Rioja, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, 2016.
• Díaz Araujo, M.: “Yahoel, Barbelo, and Metatron. “My Name is in him””, presented at the 8th Enoch Seminar: “Apocalypticism and Mysticism”. Milan, 2015.
• Díaz Araujo, M.: ““All those who have sinned will curse me”. The disobedience of Eve in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve 10.2”, presented at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Buenos Aires, 2015.