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- Astudiaethau Byd Hynafol Byd-eang
- Crefyddau'r Henfyd Diweddar gan gynnwys Manichaeism (a 'Gnosticiaeth')
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Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Baker-Brian, N. 2026. Book reviews: The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography [Book review]. Irish Theological Quarterly 91 (2), pp.276-278. (10.1177/00211400261435006cc)
2025
- Baker-Brian, N. 2025. Restoration not revolution: Prophecy and diatribe in Constantine I's Oration to the Saints. In: Fuentes Gonzalez, P. P. and Quiroga Puertas, A. J. eds. Diatribe Reconsidered: Pedagogical Strategies in Greco-Roman Literature between Rhetoric and Philosophy. Turnhout: Brepols. , pp.1-17.
2024
- Baker-Brian, N. 2024. Writing truth and secrets: Authorship and the legitimising role of apocalyptic in Manichaeism. In: Bonar, C. and Lidenlaub, J. D. eds. Authorial Fictions and Attributions in the Ancient Mediterranean. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. , pp.105-125.
2022
- Baker-Brian, N. 2022. The reign of Constantius II. Routledge.
2021
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. 2021. Studia Patristica CII. Including papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference, Cardiff, 5-7 September 2018. Peeters.
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. 2021. Introduction. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. Studia Patristica CII. Papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference 5-7 September 2018. Studia Patristica Vol. 102.Peeters
2020
- Baker-Brian, N. 2020. Revisiting Proba's Confession: The Proem of the Vergilian Cento and the Reign of Julian the Apostate. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. Studia Patristica CII. Papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference, Cardiff, 5-7 September 2018. Peeters
- Baker-Brian, N. 2020. ‘Very great are your words’. In: Flower, R. and Ludlow, M. eds. Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. , pp.114-127. (10.1093/oso/9780198813194.003.0008)
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. 2020. Introduction: In the shadows of Constantine and Julian: The sons of Constantine, AD 337-361. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. eds. The Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361: In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan(10.1007/978-3-030-39898-9)
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. eds. 2020. The sons of Constantine, AD 337-361: in the shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-3-030-39898-9)
- Baker-Brian, N. J. 2020. 'I have taken pains to get copies of them': Epistolary relations between the sons of Constantine and the Christian Church. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. eds. The Sons of Constantine, AD337-361. In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. , pp.347-388.
2018
- Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. J. eds. 2018. A companion to religion in Late Antiquity. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Chichester: Wiley. (10.1002/9781118968130)
- Baker-Brian, N. J. 2018. A new religion? The emergence of Manichaeism in Late Antiquity. In: Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. J. eds. A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Chichester: Wiley. , pp.319-343. (10.1002/9781118968130.ch15)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2018. Introduction. In: Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. eds. A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.1-8.
2017
- Baker-Brian, N. 2017. Mass and elite in Late Antique religion: the case of Manichaeism. In: Evans, R. ed. Mass and Elite in the Greek and Roman Worlds: From Sparta to Late Antiquity. London: Routledge. , pp.165-184.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2017. Manicheism. In: Toom, T. ed. Augustine in Context. Cambridge University Press. , pp.137-144.
2016
- Baker-Brian, N. 2016. “Putrid boils and sores, and burning wounds in the body”: the valorization of health and illness in late antique Manichaeism: Introduction: health and the Manichaean body. Harvard Theological Review 109 (3), pp.422-446. (10.1017/S001781601600016X)
2013
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Between testimony and rumour: Strategies of invective in Augustine's 'De moribus manichaeorum'. In: Quiroga Puertas, A. J. ed. The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to Exegesis. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. , pp.31-53.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Manichaeism. In: Pollmann, K. and Otten, W. eds. The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.871-877.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Women in Augustine's anti-Manichaean writings: Rumour, rhetoric, and ritual. In: Vinzent, M. ed. Studia Patristica LXX: Papers presented at the sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2011: Volume 18: St Augustine and his Opponents. Studia Patristica Vol. 70.Leuven: Peeters. , pp.499-520.
- Baker-Brian, N. and Galynina, I. 2013. Contra Faustum. In: Pollmann, K. and Otten, W. eds. The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.46-53.
2012
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. 2012. Emperor and author: The writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales. (10.2307/j.ctvvn9n9)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2012. The politics of virtue in Julian's Misopogon. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales. , pp.263-280.
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. 2012. Introduction. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. , pp.xiii-xxi.
- Tougher, S. F. 2012. Reading between the lines: Julian's first panegyric on Constantius II. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian 'the Apostate'. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. , pp.19-34.
2011
- Baker-Brian, N. 2011. Manichaeism: An ancient faith rediscovered. London: T & T Clark International.
2009
- Baker-Brian, N. 2009. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire: A study of Augustine's 'Contra Adimantum'. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press.
2007
- Baker-Brian, N. 2007. Modern Augustinian biographies: Revisions and counter-memories. Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum 11 (1), pp.151-167. (10.1515/ZAC.2007.009)
2006
- Baker-Brian, N. 2006. Biblical traditions and their transformation in fourth century Manichaeism. Augustiniana 56 (1-2), pp.63-80.
2003
- Baker-Brian, N. 2003. '... quaedam disputationes Adimanti' (Retr. I. xxii. 1): Reading the Manichaean Biblical Discordance in Augustine's Contra Adimantum. Augustinian Studies 34 (2), pp.175-196. (10.5840/augstudies200334211)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Baker-Brian, N. 2025. Restoration not revolution: Prophecy and diatribe in Constantine I's Oration to the Saints. In: Fuentes Gonzalez, P. P. and Quiroga Puertas, A. J. eds. Diatribe Reconsidered: Pedagogical Strategies in Greco-Roman Literature between Rhetoric and Philosophy. Turnhout: Brepols. , pp.1-17.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2024. Writing truth and secrets: Authorship and the legitimising role of apocalyptic in Manichaeism. In: Bonar, C. and Lidenlaub, J. D. eds. Authorial Fictions and Attributions in the Ancient Mediterranean. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. , pp.105-125.
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. 2021. Introduction. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. Studia Patristica CII. Papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference 5-7 September 2018. Studia Patristica Vol. 102.Peeters
- Baker-Brian, N. 2020. Revisiting Proba's Confession: The Proem of the Vergilian Cento and the Reign of Julian the Apostate. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. Studia Patristica CII. Papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference, Cardiff, 5-7 September 2018. Peeters
- Baker-Brian, N. 2020. ‘Very great are your words’. In: Flower, R. and Ludlow, M. eds. Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. , pp.114-127. (10.1093/oso/9780198813194.003.0008)
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. 2020. Introduction: In the shadows of Constantine and Julian: The sons of Constantine, AD 337-361. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. eds. The Sons of Constantine, AD 337-361: In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan(10.1007/978-3-030-39898-9)
- Baker-Brian, N. J. 2020. 'I have taken pains to get copies of them': Epistolary relations between the sons of Constantine and the Christian Church. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Tougher, S. eds. The Sons of Constantine, AD337-361. In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. , pp.347-388.
- Baker-Brian, N. J. 2018. A new religion? The emergence of Manichaeism in Late Antiquity. In: Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. J. eds. A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Chichester: Wiley. , pp.319-343. (10.1002/9781118968130.ch15)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2018. Introduction. In: Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. eds. A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.1-8.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2017. Mass and elite in Late Antique religion: the case of Manichaeism. In: Evans, R. ed. Mass and Elite in the Greek and Roman Worlds: From Sparta to Late Antiquity. London: Routledge. , pp.165-184.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2017. Manicheism. In: Toom, T. ed. Augustine in Context. Cambridge University Press. , pp.137-144.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Between testimony and rumour: Strategies of invective in Augustine's 'De moribus manichaeorum'. In: Quiroga Puertas, A. J. ed. The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to Exegesis. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. , pp.31-53.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Manichaeism. In: Pollmann, K. and Otten, W. eds. The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.871-877.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2013. Women in Augustine's anti-Manichaean writings: Rumour, rhetoric, and ritual. In: Vinzent, M. ed. Studia Patristica LXX: Papers presented at the sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2011: Volume 18: St Augustine and his Opponents. Studia Patristica Vol. 70.Leuven: Peeters. , pp.499-520.
- Baker-Brian, N. and Galynina, I. 2013. Contra Faustum. In: Pollmann, K. and Otten, W. eds. The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.46-53.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2012. The politics of virtue in Julian's Misopogon. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales. , pp.263-280.
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. 2012. Introduction. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. , pp.xiii-xxi.
- Tougher, S. F. 2012. Reading between the lines: Julian's first panegyric on Constantius II. In: Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian 'the Apostate'. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. , pp.19-34.
Erthyglau
- Baker-Brian, N. 2026. Book reviews: The ‘Lost Arian History’ in Late Antique and Medieval Historiography [Book review]. Irish Theological Quarterly 91 (2), pp.276-278. (10.1177/00211400261435006cc)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2016. “Putrid boils and sores, and burning wounds in the body”: the valorization of health and illness in late antique Manichaeism: Introduction: health and the Manichaean body. Harvard Theological Review 109 (3), pp.422-446. (10.1017/S001781601600016X)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2007. Modern Augustinian biographies: Revisions and counter-memories. Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum 11 (1), pp.151-167. (10.1515/ZAC.2007.009)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2006. Biblical traditions and their transformation in fourth century Manichaeism. Augustiniana 56 (1-2), pp.63-80.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2003. '... quaedam disputationes Adimanti' (Retr. I. xxii. 1): Reading the Manichaean Biblical Discordance in Augustine's Contra Adimantum. Augustinian Studies 34 (2), pp.175-196. (10.5840/augstudies200334211)
Llyfrau
- Baker-Brian, N. 2022. The reign of Constantius II. Routledge.
- Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. 2021. Studia Patristica CII. Including papers presented at the Seventh British Patristics Conference, Cardiff, 5-7 September 2018. Peeters.
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. eds. 2020. The sons of Constantine, AD 337-361: in the shadows of Constantine and Julian. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-3-030-39898-9)
- Lossl, J. and Baker-Brian, N. J. eds. 2018. A companion to religion in Late Antiquity. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Chichester: Wiley. (10.1002/9781118968130)
- Baker-Brian, N. and Tougher, S. F. eds. 2012. Emperor and author: The writings of Julian the Apostate. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales. (10.2307/j.ctvvn9n9)
- Baker-Brian, N. 2011. Manichaeism: An ancient faith rediscovered. London: T & T Clark International.
- Baker-Brian, N. 2009. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire: A study of Augustine's 'Contra Adimantum'. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press.
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- Themâu a Materion yn Astudio Crefydd
- Y Gyfraith ac Ethnigrwydd yn yr Henfyd Hwyr
- Byd Llawn Duwiau
- Crossing Boundaries: Traethawd hir rhyngddisgyblaethol
- Darganfod Ieithoedd Hynafol
- Beth yw Crefydd?
- Ymerodraeth Ffydd: Crefydd, Gwleidyddiaeth a Chred yn yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig o'r bedwaredd ganrif OC
- Astudiaeth dan arweiniad mewn Crefydd a Diwinyddiaeth
- Astudiaeth Annibynnol neu Gyfieithiad Beirniadol
- Archwilio Gnosticiaeth
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Cymwysterau a Chymrodoriaethau
- Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch (2009)
- Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig mewn Addysgu a Dysgu Prifysgol (2009)
- PhD Llenyddiaeth Ladin Hynafol Hwyr (Cymru 2002)
Trosolwg gyrfa
- 2024-presennol: Athro Astudiaethau Hen Hwyr, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2019-2024: Darllenydd mewn Crefyddau Hynafol, SHARE, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Deilydd Dyfarniad Doethurol yr Academi Brydeinig
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Member: Cymdeithas Pediatreg Gogledd America
- Aelod: International Association of Manichaean Studies
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Y Gyfraith ac Ethnigrwydd mewn Hynafiaeth Hwyr
Rhyw a hunaniaeth mewn hynafiaeth hwyr
Rhamantiaeth yn yr Hen Fyd Diweddar
Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig ddiweddarach
Crefyddau Hynafiaeth Ddiweddar (gan gynnwys Manichaeism, Gnosticism, Islam Gynnar)
Astudiaethau Coptig
Derbyn Diwinyddiaeth Gristnogol Gynnar mewn Hanes Modern Cynnar
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol
Prosiectau'r gorffennol
Mae PhD diweddar yn cynnwys:
William Lewis, Rhwydweithiau Gwleidyddol, Cysylltiadau Ymerodrol, a Rhaniad yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig, 337 i 350 OC
Susanna Towers, Adeiladwaith Rhyw mewn Naratif Cosmolegol Manichaean Hynafol Diweddar
Ulriika Vihervalli, Gwyriad a Thrychineb: Rhesymoli moesoldeb rhywiol mewn trafodaethau Cristnogol Gorllewinol, AD 390 - AD 520
Victoria Leonard, Awdurdod Imperial a Chyflwyniad Undduwiaeth yn Historiae Adversus Paganos Orosius
Thomas Hunt, 'Sut y mae'r pethau hynny sy'n anweledig yn wybyddus o'r gweladwy' (Hier. Comm. Ad Effes 1.1.1.19): Y cysylltiad rhwng gwybodus phsyical ac ysbrydol mewn tri gwaith Jerome o Stridon a gynhyrchwyd yn ystod ei dair blynedd gyntaf ym Methlehem (386-393)
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