Christy Cobb
@christycobb.bsky.social
PhD in New Testament & Early Christianity /
Associate Prof @ Univ. of Denver /
Slavery, Gender, Sexuality /
Single Mom by Choice (SMC) to a 8 yo
Associate Prof @ Univ. of Denver /
Slavery, Gender, Sexuality /
Single Mom by Choice (SMC) to a 8 yo
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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
My recent volume, Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts, is currently on sale through Amazon for only $4. If you’re interested, here’s the link!
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October 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My recent volume, Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts, is currently on sale through Amazon for only $4. If you’re interested, here’s the link!
a.co/d/2CiYMh6
a.co/d/2CiYMh6
And I just learned today that this isn’t a typical academic practice!
August 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
And I just learned today that this isn’t a typical academic practice!
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My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts will be available tomorrow wherever you get podcasts! But you can watch or listen now for $5 a month on Patreon. Thanks to @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social for the copy.
Enslaved Workers as Technology #ancienthistory #slavery #biblicalstudies
YouTube video by It Means What It Means Podcast
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July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts will be available tomorrow wherever you get podcasts! But you can watch or listen now for $5 a month on Patreon. Thanks to @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social for the copy.
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My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slaver and Its New Testament Contexts from @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social will be out wherever you get podcasts next Wednesday. But you can hear or watch it now for $5 a month on Patreon.
Enslaved Women in the NT #newtestament #ancientslavery #slavery #history #ancienthistory #podcast
YouTube video by It Means What It Means Podcast
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July 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My conversation with @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine Shaner on their book Ancient Slaver and Its New Testament Contexts from @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social will be out wherever you get podcasts next Wednesday. But you can hear or watch it now for $5 a month on Patreon.
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Biblical stories of enslaved people appear to treat them as mere props for the ‘real’ story, causing modern readers to miss the forces at work. Listen to the #BibleAndBeyond podcast interview with @clcobb629 discussing forced prostitution as one example.
earlychristiantexts.com/enslaved-bib...
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The Complicated Lives of Enslaved Women of the Bible
A closer look at the lives of marginalized enslaved women of the Bible—such as sex-worker women—enriches our understanding of the Bible.
earlychristiantexts.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Biblical stories of enslaved people appear to treat them as mere props for the ‘real’ story, causing modern readers to miss the forces at work. Listen to the #BibleAndBeyond podcast interview with @clcobb629 discussing forced prostitution as one example.
earlychristiantexts.com/enslaved-bib...
earlychristiantexts.com/enslaved-bib...
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Baptism font in the temple of Jupiter at Cumae. The temple was transformed into a church in the 5th c.
📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk
#photography
#archaeology
#Classics
#EarlyChristianity
#LateAntiquity
#Italy
📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk
#photography
#archaeology
#Classics
#EarlyChristianity
#LateAntiquity
#Italy
Baptism Font in Temple of Jupiter (Cuma, Italy)
In the fifth century C.E., the ancient temple of Jupiter on the acropolis of Cuma (near Naples) was transformed into a Christian basilica. It was likely the cathedral of Cuma. A baptism font with thre...
flic.kr
June 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Baptism font in the temple of Jupiter at Cumae. The temple was transformed into a church in the 5th c.
📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk
#photography
#archaeology
#Classics
#EarlyChristianity
#LateAntiquity
#Italy
📷 flic.kr/p/ePJvXk
#photography
#archaeology
#Classics
#EarlyChristianity
#LateAntiquity
#Italy
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and you can preorder my second book too! though i might wait. i’m hoping OUP gives me one of those special discount codes.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
and you can preorder my second book too! though i might wait. i’m hoping OUP gives me one of those special discount codes.
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hey friends, you can now pre-order my element.
and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.
and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.
Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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May 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
hey friends, you can now pre-order my element.
and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.
and if you don’t want to pre-order, don’t worry! it’ll be free for download for about two weeks after publication.
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Today on AJR, Joseph Foltz reviews Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
Paula Fredriksen begins Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years with a question: considering the variety of gods and local deities present in both the ancient Mediterranean and the…
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May 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today on AJR, Joseph Foltz reviews Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years (Princeton University Press, 2024).
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The Annual Kirk Lecture is Tuesday, May 6th, with speaker Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld discussing: "Defiance and Power: Gendered Resistance in First-Century Judaea"
Location: Community Commons 1700.
Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00.
RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...
Location: Community Commons 1700.
Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00.
RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...
May 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Annual Kirk Lecture is Tuesday, May 6th, with speaker Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld discussing: "Defiance and Power: Gendered Resistance in First-Century Judaea"
Location: Community Commons 1700.
Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00.
RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...
Location: Community Commons 1700.
Time: Tuesday, May 6. Light refreshments at 6:00, lecture at 7:00.
RSVP: click.ecomm.du.edu?qs=537b8c8fd...
This is so so helpful! Thank you @kholob.bsky.social
I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bible and Early Christianity US Graduate School Funding
SCHOLARSHIPS Fellowship Description Estimated Deadline Degree level Citizenship Davis Putter Scholarship Fund — Up to $15,000 for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movemen...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is so so helpful! Thank you @kholob.bsky.social
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Proofs! Excited for this to appear in the forthcoming volume “Writing, Enslavement, and Power”
April 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Proofs! Excited for this to appear in the forthcoming volume “Writing, Enslavement, and Power”
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✨ proofs day ✨ for God, Slavery, and Early Christianity! I’m thrilled that the dissertation-turned-book will be out in the world some time this fall, and hope that folks enjoy wading through hundreds of pages about the Shepherd, slavery, spirit possession, and the formation of Christian ethics.
April 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
✨ proofs day ✨ for God, Slavery, and Early Christianity! I’m thrilled that the dissertation-turned-book will be out in the world some time this fall, and hope that folks enjoy wading through hundreds of pages about the Shepherd, slavery, spirit possession, and the formation of Christian ethics.
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I just had an article published in Source: Notes in the History of Art titled "(I’ve Got the) Magic Stick: The Virgus and Vitis in Roman Imperial and Early Christian Art."
Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...
Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...
April 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I just had an article published in Source: Notes in the History of Art titled "(I’ve Got the) Magic Stick: The Virgus and Vitis in Roman Imperial and Early Christian Art."
Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...
Always pleased to slip in a reference to Lil' Kim in a piece on imperial iconography: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/6TCKK...
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Congratulations to JDP faculty Dr. Christy Cobb's for her newest book! 📖🎉
You can find more info and buy it here: www.eerdmans.com/978080288413...
You can find more info and buy it here: www.eerdmans.com/978080288413...
April 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Congratulations to JDP faculty Dr. Christy Cobb's for her newest book! 📖🎉
You can find more info and buy it here: www.eerdmans.com/978080288413...
You can find more info and buy it here: www.eerdmans.com/978080288413...
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Today, @christycobb.bsky.social and I’s JSNT article dropped! Go read “The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies - Chance Bonar, Christy Cobb, 2025
Ancient Mediterranean literature and artistic depictions portray enslaved persons as diminutive, marginal, and non-descript—when they are portrayed at all. In t...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today, @christycobb.bsky.social and I’s JSNT article dropped! Go read “The Rhetoric and Ethic of Translating and Representing Enslaved Persons in New Testament and Early Christian Studies”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...