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
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.
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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
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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.
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Let's show our support!
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Let's show our support!
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LET THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
LET THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN!
Last evening I had the pleasure of attending the opening of an exciting new @chesterbeatty.bsky.social exhibition,
*Manuscripts & the Mind* led by curator, Jill Unkel and the Mapping the Mind project PIs, Garrick Allen, @kelsbot.bsky.social, and Christoph Scheepers.
*Manuscripts & the Mind* led by curator, Jill Unkel and the Mapping the Mind project PIs, Garrick Allen, @kelsbot.bsky.social, and Christoph Scheepers.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Last evening I had the pleasure of attending the opening of an exciting new @chesterbeatty.bsky.social exhibition,
*Manuscripts & the Mind* led by curator, Jill Unkel and the Mapping the Mind project PIs, Garrick Allen, @kelsbot.bsky.social, and Christoph Scheepers.
*Manuscripts & the Mind* led by curator, Jill Unkel and the Mapping the Mind project PIs, Garrick Allen, @kelsbot.bsky.social, and Christoph Scheepers.
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Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
😯OK!
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
😯OK!
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🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
Grants
AMARC awards small grants in support of initiatives that are in line with our objective of promoting the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives of all periods. AMARC invi…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨AMARC GRANTS: upcoming deadline🚨
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
We give grants of up to £500 to projects that promote the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives.
📅Deadline: 1 November
Read more on our website: amarcsite.wordpress.com/grants/
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Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt.
All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜
Families aren't failing. They're being failed.
📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#DebtTrapNation
All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜
Families aren't failing. They're being failed.
📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#DebtTrapNation
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt.
All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜
Families aren't failing. They're being failed.
📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#DebtTrapNation
All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜
Families aren't failing. They're being failed.
📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#DebtTrapNation
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Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
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Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History and Classical Studies, Dept. of., Aarhus University
international.au.dk
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
A lovely interview with the co-editors of this @cua-press.bsky.social volume on Origen's homilies on the Psalms to which I contributed some years ago. An honour to have been part of this. Congratulations, Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling Young!
www.cuapress.org/2025/10/02/i...
www.cuapress.org/2025/10/02/i...
Interview with Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling-Young about their book Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen's Rediscovered Lost Work. - Catholic University of America Press
We are pleased to have Joseph W. Trigg and Robin Darling-Young join us to discuss their new edited volume Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen’s Rediscovered Lost Work. Joseph... READ MORE
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October 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A lovely interview with the co-editors of this @cua-press.bsky.social volume on Origen's homilies on the Psalms to which I contributed some years ago. An honour to have been part of this. Congratulations, Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling Young!
www.cuapress.org/2025/10/02/i...
www.cuapress.org/2025/10/02/i...
Just saw my first MA student through to completion. Couldn't be more proud of the excellent work she did!
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just saw my first MA student through to completion. Couldn't be more proud of the excellent work she did!
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Sharing this on behalf of George Kiraz: There will be an introductory Syriac course at Cambridge in the winter term (January 2026). Please share with anyone who might be interested!
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sharing this on behalf of George Kiraz: There will be an introductory Syriac course at Cambridge in the winter term (January 2026). Please share with anyone who might be interested!
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Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
I'm in here three times! Do follow through on this, fellow authors.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I'm in here three times! Do follow through on this, fellow authors.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
3 papers were philosophically-oriented: @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student, @antilla.bsky.social on home and pilgrimage, @tcddublin.bsky.social's Cathriona Russell on a 'cosmology of habitability', and DCU colleague, Joseph Rivera on an existential view of home and world. Fab day!
A week today, I'll host a small @entirl.bsky.social-funded seminar on 'home' in biblical, theological, and philosophical perspective at @dublincityuni.bsky.social's School of theology, philosophy and music. Guests include Cathriona Russel of @tcddublin.bsky.social, and Elisa Uusimäki from @au.dk.
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
3 papers were philosophically-oriented: @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student, @antilla.bsky.social on home and pilgrimage, @tcddublin.bsky.social's Cathriona Russell on a 'cosmology of habitability', and DCU colleague, Joseph Rivera on an existential view of home and world. Fab day!
Brilliant seminar yesterday, featuring papers with close readings of the mobility of gods and people in the Hebrew Bible by @au.dk's Elisa Uusimäki, of Hagar as foreigner by @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student Abigail Sines, and patristic authors' understanding of scripture as home by myself.
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Brilliant seminar yesterday, featuring papers with close readings of the mobility of gods and people in the Hebrew Bible by @au.dk's Elisa Uusimäki, of Hagar as foreigner by @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student Abigail Sines, and patristic authors' understanding of scripture as home by myself.