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Canadian researcher, born in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), Serge Cazelais undertakes work in the fields of Early Christianity, in Mediterranean religions, in paleography and ecdotic, as well as Greek and Latin literature of Late Antiquity
He has been an active member of the Research Group in Christianity and Late Antiquity" (GRECAT - Institut d'Études Anciennes) of Université Laval since 1999. During the 2007 Winter semester he lectured an introductory course in Judaism in Bishop's University, Lennoxville (Sherbrooke).
During the last years, he was a Doctoral and Research Fellow in St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick (2005-2006) and a Visiting Researcher at Institut des Sources Chrétiennes - CNRS UMR 5189 (HiSoMA) in Lyon, France (2004-2005).
He is currently preparing, under the direction of professor Anne Pasquier, a doctoral dissertation in Religious Studies at Université Laval in the field of the early interpretations of the Bible. Its subject is an analysis of the Commentary on the epistle of Paul to the Philippiens, a Latin work composed by Marius Victorinus, a Master of rhetoric who became Christian and who lived in Rome in the Fourth century. Within the framework of this project, he intends to publish an edition and a French translation of the whole of Commentarii in Apostolum of Marius Victorinus in collaboration with the Institut des Sources Chrétienne of Lyon.
His interest for ancient religions also carried him out to study Coptic language and the Nag Hammadi Library, as well as the other gnostic papyri such as the Berlin Codex (BG 8502), the Bruce Codex, the Askew Codex (which contains the famous text entitled Pistis Sophia) as well as the Gospel of Judas recently published by the National Geographic Society.
Another of its subjects of predilection is the study of ancient Jewish and Christian exegetic traditions of the book of Genesis. He had the chance to study Hebrew language in Lyon with professor Bernard Barc, an outstanding researcher in gnostic literature and Hebrew grammar as well as Jewish literature of the Second Temple period. Serge Cazelais is interested in syntax and lexicology of the book of Genesis and in the history of its interpretations.
Serge Cazelais is an appreciated lecturer. He had the occasion to adress in several Canadian provinces, in the United States and in France. He authored scientific papers in the field of ancient Mediterranean religions, He is currently preparing two books, intended for the general public, on gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi Library.
