Professor Majella Franzmann
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities
Contact
| Email: | mfranzma@une.edu.au |
| Homepage: | http://www.otago.ac.nz/religiousstudies/staff/franzmann.php |
Professor Franzmann’s homepage contains current details of research interests and publications.
Research interests
- Gnosticism in general, with emphasis on the Jesus figure in Gnostic writings, Manichaeism, Mandaeism and the Coptic writings from Nag Hammadi.
- Women's religious experience, its categorisation and interpretation both within and outside of traditional religious groups.
- Syriac texts, especially the Odes of Solomon; the Manichaean Syriac texts from Kellis, (Egypt), early Syriac Christian texts, and the Nestorian Syro-Turkic inscriptions from Quanzhou (China).
- Biblical textual criticism—Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Coptic and Syriac texts.
- Qumran community and writings.
- Feminist biblical interpretation.
Publications
Books & Monographs
Franzmann, M. Jesus in the Manichaean Writings. Edinburgh: T&T Clark International, 2003.
Franzmann, M. Heretics and Hermeneutics: Taking the Gnostic Jesus Seriously. The 2001 Inaugural Public Lecture Series. Armidale: The Publications Office, University of New England, 2002.
Franzmann, M. Women and Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Heuser, M. and H.-J. Klimkeit. Studies in Manichaean Literature and Art. Transl. M. Franzmann. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 46. Leiden: Brill, 1998. (pp. xi; 331)
Franzmann, M. Jesus in the Nag Hammadi Writings. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.
Franzmann, M. The Odes of Solomon: An Analysis of the Poetical Structure and Form. Novum Testaˇmenˇtum et Orbis Antiquus 20. Freiburg (Schweiz)/Göttingen: Universit˛tsverlag/Vanˇdenˇhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991.
Franzmann, M. Living Water: Mediating Element in Mandaean Myth and Ritual. The Young Australian Scholar Lecture Series. Adelaide: Australian Association for the Study of Religions, 1988.
Chapters/Sections of a Book
Eccles, L., Franzmann, M., and S. Lieu, “Observations on Select Christian Inscriptions in the Syriac Script from Zayton.” From Palmyra to Zayton: Epigraphy and Iconography. Silk Road Studies 10. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2005, 247-78.
Franzmann, M. "Living Water: Mediating Element in Mandaean Myth and Ritual." (Arabic translation). Studies in Mandaeism – History and Beliefs (Deerasat Mandaeah – Tareekh w-Mugtaadat). Transl. and ed. Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki. Sydney: Mandaean Research Centre, 2000, 37-62.
Franzmann, M. “P. Kell. Addenda & Corrigenda: Syriac texts” in Gardner, I. et al, eds. Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis, Volume 1: P. Kell. V (P. Kell. Copt. 10 - 52; O. Kell. Copt. 1 - 2). Dakhˇleh Oasis Project monograph series 5. Oxford: Oxbow, 1999, 303-23.
Gardner, I. and M. Franzmann “Section B: Syriac Texts.” in Gardner, I., ed. Manichaean Literary Texts from Kellis, Vol. 1, edited by I. Gardner with contributions by S. Clackson (Coptic indiˇces), M. Franzmann (Syriac section), and K. Worp (Greek section). Dakhˇleh Oasis Project monograph series 4. Oxford: Oxbow, 1996, 101-31 (Syriac edition and translation), 173-7 (Syriac index).
Franzmann, M., and M. Lattke. “Gnostic Jesuses and the Gnostic Jesus of John.” Gnosis Forschung und Religionsgeschichte. Festschrift für Kurt Rudolph zum 65. Geburtstag. Eds. H. Preißler and H. Seiwert. Marburg: diagonal-Verlag, 1994, 143-54.
Franzmann, M. “Work.” Leisure in an Age of Technology. A Christian Reflection. Ed. H. Spykerboer. Melˇbourne: The Joint Board of Christian Education, 1988, 21-5.
Lattke, M. Die Oden Salomos in ihrer Bedeutung für Neuˇes Testament und Gnoˇsis. Bd.III: Forschungsgeschichtliche Bibliographie 1799-1984 mit kritischen Anmerˇkunˇgen. Mit einem Beitrag von Majella Franzˇmann: A Study of the Odes of Solomon with Reference to the French Scholarship 1909-1980. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 25/3. Freiˇburg/Göttingen: Universiˇt˛tsˇverlag/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986.
Franzmann, M. “Portrait of a Poet: Reflections on the Poet in the Odes of Solomon.” Perspectives on Language and Text: Essays and Poems in Honor of Francis I. Andersen’s Sixtieth Birthˇday July 28, 1985. Eds. E.W. Conrad and E.G. Newing. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenˇbrauns, 1986, 315-26.
Refereed journal articles
Franzmann, M., Gardiner, I., and S. Lieu, ‘A Living Mani Cult in the Twenty-first Century.’ Rivista di Storia e Litteratura Religiosa (2005): vii-xi.
Franzmann, M. “A Complete History of Early Christianity: Taking the ‘Heretics’ Seriously.” Journal of Religious History 29 (2005): 117-28.
Franzmann, M. “Old Masters and New Allies: The Way Forward for Studies in Religion.” Australian Religion Studies Review 17/1 (2004): 8-12.
Franzmann, M. “How To Teach Religions of the World” Journal of Religious Education 51/2 (2003): 14-18.
Franzmann, M. “From Queen of the Sciences to the Rebel Alliance: Religion in the University.” Australian Religion Studies Review 15/2 (2002): 5-12.
Franzmann, M. and J. Clark. “‘A father, a son, my only daughter’: Memorialising Road Trauma.” RoadWise 13/3 (2002): 4-10.
Franzmann, M. “Double Reflection: The Community and Saviour in the Nag Hammmadi Writings.” Phronema 14 (2000): 29-45.
Franzmann, M. “Diana in Death—A New or Greater Goddess?” Australian Folklore 13 (1998): 112-123.
Franzmann, M. “Living Water: Mediating Element in Mandaean Myth and Ritual.” (in Arabic). Al Thaq’afa Al Jadidah 278 (1997): 52-60.
Franzmann, M. “Mad, Bad, or Just Invisible. Studies in Religion and ‘Fringe’ Religions.” Australian Religion Studies Review 10/2 (1997): 5-12.
Franzmann, M. “The Concept of Rebirth as the Christ and the Initiatory Rituals of the Bridal Chamber in the Gospel of Philip.” Antichthon 30 (1996): 34–48.
Franzmann, M. “Against the Tyranny of Tolerance: Some Thoughts on Personal and Intellectual Integrity in Hermeneutical Practice.” Australian Religion Studies Review 9/2 (1996): 1-9.
Franzmann, M. “The City as Woman: the Case of Babylon in Isaiah 47.” Australian Biblical Review 43 (1995): 1-19.
Franzmann, M. “Preparation for the Heavenly Journey: John 13:1-10 and the Footwashing of the Manˇdaean Coronation Ritual.” Zeitschrift für Religionsˇwisˇsenˇschaft 1 (1993): 79-92.
Franzmann, M. “The Use of the Terms ‘King’ and ‘Kingdom’ in a Selection of Gnostic Writings in Comparison with the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice.” Muséon 106 (1993): 5-20.
Franzmann, M. “Of Food, Bodies and the Boundless Reign of God in the Synoptic Gospels.” Pacifica 5 (1992): 17-31.
Franzmann, M. and M. Klinger. “The Call Stories of John 1 and John 21.” St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 36 (1992): 7-15.
Franzmann, M. “The Wheel in Prov. xx 26 and Ode of Solomon xxiii 11-16.” Vetus Testamentum 41 (1991): 121-3.
Franzmann, M. “Strangers from Above: An Investigation of the Motif of Strangeness in the Odes of Solˇomon and Some Gnostic Texts.” Muséon 103 (1990): 27-41.Franzmann, M. “The Parable of the Vine in Odes of Solomon 38.17-19? A Response to Richard Bauckˇham.” New Testament Studies 35 (1989): 604-8.
Franzmann, M. “Living Water: Mediating Element in Mandaean Myth and Ritual.” Numen 36 (1989): 156-72.
Franzmann, M. and M. Lattke. “Theo-Logical Anthropology and the Criticism of Religion(s).” East Asia Journal of Theology 4 (1986): 121-6. Franzmann, M. “‘Wipe the harlotry from your faces’: a brief note on Ode of Solomon 13,3.” Zeitˇschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 77 (1986): 282-3.
Franzmann, M. “The Odes of Solomon, Man of Rest.” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 51 (1985): 408-21.
Published Conference Proceedings
Franzmann, M. “The Syriac-Coptic Bilinguals from Ismant el-Kharab (Roman Kellis): Translation Process and Manichaean Missionary Practice.” New Perspectives in Manichaean Research. Vth Int. Congress of Manichaeism — Napoli 2001 — Proceedings, Eds. Aloïs van Tongerloo in collaboration with Luigi Cirillo, Manichaean Studies 5, Turnhout (Belgium): Brepols, 2005, 115-122.
Franzmann , M. “Jesus in the Manichaean Writings: Work in Progress.” Studia Manichaica: IV. Internationaler Kongreß zum Manich˛ismus, Berlin, 14.-18. Juli 1997, Eds. Ronald E. Emmerick et al, Berichte und Abhandlungen, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Sonderband 4, Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2000, 220-46.
Franzmann, M. “Breaking the Big Rules in Small Ways: Contemporary Heresy without the Pain”, in Rita Breaks the Rules, Eds. Joanne McPherson and Jane O’Sullivan, Armidale: UNE Women’s and Gender Studies and the Academic Women’s Association, 1999, 23-29.
Refereed journal reviews
Franzmann, M. Review of Lattke, M. Hymnus. Materialen zu einer Geschichte der antiken Hymnologie. NTOA 19. Freiburg (Schweiz)/Göttingen: Universit˛tsˇverlag/Vanˇdenˇˇhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991. Pacifica 6 (1993): 210-2.
Franzmann, M. Review of Fishwick, M. W. Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1995. Australian Folklore 11, 274-7, 1996.
Dictionary/encyclopaedia articles
Franzmann, M. “Jesus in Manichaean Literature.” Jesus in History, Culture and Thought: An Encyclopedia. Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2003, vol. 2, 587-90.
Franzmann, M. “Mand˛ismus.” Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 4th ed. Tübingen: Mohr (Siebeck), 2002, vol. 5, columns 725-728.
Others [non-refereed articles, Internet publications, book reviews etc]
Non-refereed articles
Franzmann, M. and W.Woolnough. "Interpreting Christ in an Australian Context." Compass Theology Reˇview 20 (1986): 2-7,22.
Franzmann, M. "The Open House of God?" Compass Theology Review 24/2 (1990): 8-11.
Franzmann, M. "Response to Edgar W. Conrad, The Bible and the Reader." Colloquium 23 (1991): 57-8.
Franzmann, M. "Rejecting Scripture and Receiving the Word of God." Women-Church 10 (1992): 35-6.
Franzmann, M. "Reading the Rich Man and Lazarus." Compass Theology Review 28/3 (1994) 23-5.
Franzmann, M. and J. Fisher. "The Ethics of Reading and Feminist Biblical Interpretation." Australian Religion Studies Review 7/2 (1994): 22-7.
Franzmann, M. "Reading the Nag Hammadi Texts for the 'Community of Producers/ Users'." Australian Religious Studies Review 8/1 (1995): 14-22.
Franzmann, M. "Living Water: Mediating Element in Mandaean Myth and Ritual." (Arabic translation). Transl. Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki.
Mandaean Thinker 1, 1-16, 1997
Alsada 12, 9-14, 1997
Al Thaq'afa Al Jadidah 278, 52-60, 1997
Franzmann, M. "Death in Bashendi." The Australian Egyptian Society Newsletter, November, 1997.
Franzmann, M. “New Religion and New Deity - The Case of Princess Diana”, Women-Church 24 (1999): 9-12.
Clark, J. and M. Franzmann "'Born to Eternal Life': The Roadside as Sacred Space", Pointers 12/3 (2002): 14-16.