DeConick, April D.

April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University (Houston, Texas). She specializes in early Christian history and theology, noncanonical Gospels, and gnostic and mystical traditions. Her books include" Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas" (1996);" Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature" (Sheffield Academic, 2001);" Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and