Miriam De Cock
@miriamjane5.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at Dublin City University. Writing about early Christian exegesis, exegetical culture, and notions of "home" in Christian Late Antiquity. she/her
This article, published a couple of years ago, co-authored with @au.dk's Elisa Uusimäki and part of @kelsbot.bsky.social's special issue on pseudepigraphy is now fully Open Access (thanks to Elisa's ERC project ANINAN)! Take a look.
www.mohrsiebeck.com/artikel/trav...
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Travel and the Making of a Pseudepigraphical Hero in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature
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February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This article, published a couple of years ago, co-authored with @au.dk's Elisa Uusimäki and part of @kelsbot.bsky.social's special issue on pseudepigraphy is now fully Open Access (thanks to Elisa's ERC project ANINAN)! Take a look.
www.mohrsiebeck.com/artikel/trav...
www.mohrsiebeck.com/artikel/trav...
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Call for papers!
Theology in Scotland's Autumn 2026 issue will focus on #migration, #displacement, and #belonging: vital themes for Scotland and the world.
Full details/submission info: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
Follow us at @theoscot.bsky.social for more news, calls, and updates
Theology in Scotland's Autumn 2026 issue will focus on #migration, #displacement, and #belonging: vital themes for Scotland and the world.
Full details/submission info: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
Follow us at @theoscot.bsky.social for more news, calls, and updates
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Call for papers!
Theology in Scotland's Autumn 2026 issue will focus on #migration, #displacement, and #belonging: vital themes for Scotland and the world.
Full details/submission info: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
Follow us at @theoscot.bsky.social for more news, calls, and updates
Theology in Scotland's Autumn 2026 issue will focus on #migration, #displacement, and #belonging: vital themes for Scotland and the world.
Full details/submission info: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
Follow us at @theoscot.bsky.social for more news, calls, and updates
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Looking forward very much to welcoming Prof. Adele Reinhartz to Maynooth. Register to book your place today…
This month!
Join us on the 24th of February for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, who will deliver the lecture "Shared Scriptures, Shared Questions: Jewish readings of the Christian Testament".
Register your place at specialevents@spcm.ie.
Join us on the 24th of February for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, who will deliver the lecture "Shared Scriptures, Shared Questions: Jewish readings of the Christian Testament".
Register your place at specialevents@spcm.ie.
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Looking forward very much to welcoming Prof. Adele Reinhartz to Maynooth. Register to book your place today…
It finally arrived in the post and it's a really lovely volume! My first pass at a paper on the text I worked on for my postdoc @au.dk. Excited to revisit the papers I heard at the intimate CUA colloquium. @cua-press.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It finally arrived in the post and it's a really lovely volume! My first pass at a paper on the text I worked on for my postdoc @au.dk. Excited to revisit the papers I heard at the intimate CUA colloquium. @cua-press.bsky.social
Working on a book review assignment for my undergraduate module on the Gospels. Best new (and accessible) books on the Gospels, synoptics and John? Help please! Self promotion also welcome.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Working on a book review assignment for my undergraduate module on the Gospels. Best new (and accessible) books on the Gospels, synoptics and John? Help please! Self promotion also welcome.
finally submitted that long overdue book review. now I can...tackle that stack of corrections....😩
December 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
finally submitted that long overdue book review. now I can...tackle that stack of corrections....😩
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Cambridge Elements do not get reviewed often (I guess the format is to blame) so I am even more chuffed to see Louise Blanke discussing Monasticism and the City in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages for JMMS. Really honored by such kind words from a giant in our field!
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Cambridge Elements do not get reviewed often (I guess the format is to blame) so I am even more chuffed to see Louise Blanke discussing Monasticism and the City in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages for JMMS. Really honored by such kind words from a giant in our field!
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Every so often I wonder if I'm overreacting for committing to no more US travel under the current regime
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Every so often I wonder if I'm overreacting for committing to no more US travel under the current regime
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
(I'm Canadian and usually go to a few conferences a year)
And then something else like this happens
Sorry folks, it's virtual talks only for the time being.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just put the finishing touches (for now) on a co-authored piece that I quite literally could never have written without the specific expertise of my co-author. Feeling totally invigorated, and looking forward to the next opportunity to collaborate in this way.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just put the finishing touches (for now) on a co-authored piece that I quite literally could never have written without the specific expertise of my co-author. Feeling totally invigorated, and looking forward to the next opportunity to collaborate in this way.
Two fully paid PhD positions at Lund University! One in Hebrew Bible and the other in Jewish studies, focus late antiquity. Gorgeous location and gorgeous colleagues. Don't sleep on this! (Set filter to HT to access these two in particular.)
lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies
lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies
Vacancies | Lund University
lunduniversity.lu.se
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Two fully paid PhD positions at Lund University! One in Hebrew Bible and the other in Jewish studies, focus late antiquity. Gorgeous location and gorgeous colleagues. Don't sleep on this! (Set filter to HT to access these two in particular.)
lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies
lunduniversity.lu.se/vacancies
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Please share!
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Please share!
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen.
The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE.
#AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Does anyone here do freelance indexing, or know someone who does? I've got a manuscript that needs an experienced indexer with a relatively quick turnaround. Message me here and we can talk details.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Does anyone here do freelance indexing, or know someone who does? I've got a manuscript that needs an experienced indexer with a relatively quick turnaround. Message me here and we can talk details.
A cancelled meeting feels just as good today as it did a couple decades ago as a BA student when a lecture was cancelled
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A cancelled meeting feels just as good today as it did a couple decades ago as a BA student when a lecture was cancelled
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
A curious trend in my intro to Scripture test is that it's almost exclusively female students who noted the shift in how women were presented in Paul's letters and those written later in his name...a feature I highlighted explicitly as evidence that Paul is likely not the author of the 'pastorals'
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A curious trend in my intro to Scripture test is that it's almost exclusively female students who noted the shift in how women were presented in Paul's letters and those written later in his name...a feature I highlighted explicitly as evidence that Paul is likely not the author of the 'pastorals'
I'm sure the author of John's Gospel would have been delighted that nearly half the students in my Intro to Scripture module identified his prologue (which begins, 'in the beginning was...') as Genesis on the final test...
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm sure the author of John's Gospel would have been delighted that nearly half the students in my Intro to Scripture module identified his prologue (which begins, 'in the beginning was...') as Genesis on the final test...
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Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.
Somehow I didn't twig that this beautiful @cua-press.bsky.social volume on Origen's Homilies on the Psalms (found only in 2012) is out! It was such a pleasure to join the other contributors with my contribution on Origen's comments on the prosopon of the Psalms.
www.cuapress.org/978081323966...
www.cuapress.org/978081323966...
Teacher of the Logos - CUAPress
In 2012, Marina Molin Pradel, an archivist at the Bavarian State Library discovered that CMG 314, a long-neglected Byzantine manuscript, contained twenty-nin...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Somehow I didn't twig that this beautiful @cua-press.bsky.social volume on Origen's Homilies on the Psalms (found only in 2012) is out! It was such a pleasure to join the other contributors with my contribution on Origen's comments on the prosopon of the Psalms.
www.cuapress.org/978081323966...
www.cuapress.org/978081323966...
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Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
Postdoc in Migration Studies (2 years)
We are looking for a candidate who, during two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, wishes to develop their independence as a researcher and contribute
lu.varbi.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
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FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
CFO reports Canada Post is 'effectively insolvent' as losses skyrocket to $1B through Q3
Amid 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage reveals 'unprecedented' operating numbers at annual meeting — an eighth straight year of losses.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
It was my pleasure to present some research on Theodoret of Cyr's use of scripture and imitation of scriptural authors for the @trsglasgowuni.bsky.social biblical studies research seminar on Friday afternoon. Lovely questions and helpful feedback!
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It was my pleasure to present some research on Theodoret of Cyr's use of scripture and imitation of scriptural authors for the @trsglasgowuni.bsky.social biblical studies research seminar on Friday afternoon. Lovely questions and helpful feedback!
Such a pleasure to be back @au.dk for a workshop on ancient historiography hosted by Christian Thrue Djurslev in the History Department/Antikmuseet! I got generous comments on my paper on Theodoret and learned LOADS from colleagues in Classics, History, and Theology.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Such a pleasure to be back @au.dk for a workshop on ancient historiography hosted by Christian Thrue Djurslev in the History Department/Antikmuseet! I got generous comments on my paper on Theodoret and learned LOADS from colleagues in Classics, History, and Theology.