{"id":2356,"date":"2011-02-11T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2011-02-11T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:08:36","slug":"bibliotheca-alexandrina-seeks-pagan-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2356","title":{"rendered":"Bibliotheca Alexandrina Seeks Pagan Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bibliotheca Alexandrina publishers seek writers for a new series of anthologies dedicated to various gods<\/a>. You may also read\u00a0 longer versions of the calls for submission at Amanda Blake’s blog, Temple of Athena the Savior. <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

There is, of course, no connection other than name and some history between this publishing project and the newish building in Alexandria, Egypt.<\/a> Somehow I doubt that if you went to the latter, you would find the works of Iamblichus<\/a> or Plotinus<\/a> on the shelves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bibliotheca Alexandrina publishers seek writers for a new series of anthologies dedicated to various gods. You may also read\u00a0 longer versions of the calls for submission at Amanda Blake’s blog, Temple of Athena the Savior. There is, of course, no connection other than name and some history between this publishing project and the newish building […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,12],"class_list":["post-2356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-publishing","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-C0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10186,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10186","url_meta":{"origin":2356,"position":0},"title":"I Will Be Buying this Book on Polytheistic Theology","author":"Chas S. 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