doc. ThDr. Jiří Gebelt, Th.D. ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Jiří Gebelt (*1968) is an associate professor at the Department of Religious Studies of th Faculty of Theology at Charles University. Researcher and lecturer with 20 years of experi undergraduate and postgraduate courses focusing on early Christianity, rituals, ancient Gn and methodology of religious studies, and the Mandaeans. On mentioned topics, he has publi in peer-reviewed journals, completed research and lecture stays at foreign universities (B Heidelberg), and conducted several field research among the Mandaeans. The author of a mon conditions of religious-ethnic minorities in the Near East and translator of academic lite Czech (f. e. Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism by Kurt Rudolph). Guarantor of t program Early Christian Studies. ****************************************************************************************** * Publications (selection of the last five years) ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Studies and chapters in monographs *========================================================================================= • Jiří Gebelt, „Rituální praxe a ortodoxie: příspěvek ke studiu antického křesťanství“ [Ri and Orthodoxy: A Contribution to the Study of Ancient Christianity], Theologická revue, 1211-7617. (in print) • Jiří Gebelt a Magdalena Vytlačilová, „Gnóze a janovské křesťanství jako kategorie“ [Gnos Christianity as analytical categories. Contribution to the creation and use of categorie sciences], Theologická Revue 2021, 92, 120–149. ISSN 1211-7617. • Jiří Gebelt, „Warum Syro-Palästina? Thesen zu den Anfängen der Mandäer“, in: Wolf B. Oer Vítková, Coptica, Gnostica und Mandaica: Sprache, Literatur und Kunst als Medien interre Begegnung(en), (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 18 Boston: Walter de Gruyter 2020, 153–186. (doi.org/10.1515/9783110619904-009) • Jiří Gebelt, „Ježíš Kristus a křesťanství v mandejském náboženství“ [Jesus Christ and Ch the Mandaean Religion], Parrésia2018, 12, 241–251. ISSN 1802–8209. • Jiří Gebelt, „Proměny rituálů a migrace - koncept přenosu rituálů na příkladu mandejskýc rituálů“ [Ritual transformation and migration: The concept of the transfer of ritual app rituals], Pantheon 2018, 12, 49–71. ISSN 1803–2443.  • Jiří Gebelt, „Menšinové nábožensko-etnické skupiny na Blízkém východě” [Ethno-religious the Middle East], in: Jiří Gebelt a kol, Ve stínu islámu: Menšinová náboženství na Blízk the Shadow of Islam. Minority religions in the Middle East], Vyšehrad Praha 2016, 11-29. 978-80-7429-692-5. • Jiří Gebelt, „Mandejci“ [The Mandaeans], in: Jiří Gebelt a kol, Ve stínu islámu: Menšino na Blízkém východě [In the Shadow of Islam. Minority religions in the Middle East], Vyše 380-410. ISBN 978-80-7429-692-5. *========================================================================================= * Reviews  *========================================================================================= • Jiří Gebelt, „Joel Marcus, John the Baptist in History and Theology, Columbia, South Car University of South Carolina Press, 2018“, Reading Religion 4/2022. ISSN 2475–207X. (onl "https://readingreligion.org/9781611179002/john-the-baptist-in-history-and-theology/"] ) • Jiří Gebelt, „R. E. DeMaris ? J. T. Lamoreaux ? S. C. Muir, Early Christian Ritual Life. York: Routledge 2018“, Studia Theologica 2022, 24, 169–175. ISSN 1212-8570. • Jiří Gebelt, „S. R. Turley. The ritualized revelation of the Messianic age: Washings and Galatians and 1 Corinthians. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2018“, Theologická revue 2022, ISSN 1211-7617. • Jiří Gebelt, „Gerd Theißen, `Veränderungspräsenz und Tabubruch: Die Ritualdynamik urchri Sakramente`, Berlin: Münster LIT 2017.“, Theologická revue 2020, 91, 235–241. ISSN 1211- All texts are available for download at www.academia.edu [ URL "https://cuni.academia.edu/ ****************************************************************************************** * Research focus ****************************************************************************************** • theory and methods in the Study of religions • Mandaeans • Gnosticism • Early Christianity • ritual theory ****************************************************************************************** * Courses taught ****************************************************************************************** • Early Christianity • Key Terms in Contemporary Study of Religions • Key Texts in Contemporary Study of Religions • Orthodoxy and heresy in early Christianity • Early Christian Studies - Methodological seminar • Hermeneutics for Religious Studies • Sociology of Religion: Selected Approaches • Anthropology of Religion: Selected Approaches • Introduction to the Study of Religions • Introduction to the Study of Religions Research Methods • Study of Religions: Basic Problems • Gnosticism: selected research problems • Ritual practice of the Mandaeans • Ritual theories  • Early Christian practice and institution