Sarah Parkhouse
@sarahparkhouse.bsky.social
Researcher in early Christianity, (late) antiquity, gods & rituals, landscape & place, gospel literature, martyrs, gnostics, Coptic Egypt, and Roman amphitheatres. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah.parkhouse
Was the 'Mary' instructed not to touch Jesus in the garden, Mary his friend or Mary his mother? Which Mary was who, and which Mary was where? Were these two Marys separate Marys at all? New linked article on how late-antique gospel retellers used the muddle of the Marys in various and creative ways.
June 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Was the 'Mary' instructed not to touch Jesus in the garden, Mary his friend or Mary his mother? Which Mary was who, and which Mary was where? Were these two Marys separate Marys at all? New linked article on how late-antique gospel retellers used the muddle of the Marys in various and creative ways.
Saturday 9am #sblaar24, I'll be presenting "Perpetua: Which Amphitheatre & Why Does it Matter?" The paper won the SBL Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship 2023 and asks whether we prioritise a 20thC colonial narrative when we talk about Perpetua meeting her death at Carthage. Come heckle.
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Saturday 9am #sblaar24, I'll be presenting "Perpetua: Which Amphitheatre & Why Does it Matter?" The paper won the SBL Diamond Award for Integrative Scholarship 2023 and asks whether we prioritise a 20thC colonial narrative when we talk about Perpetua meeting her death at Carthage. Come heckle.
Hybrid registration is now open for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝. Join us in Manchester or online on 16th May to discuss feminist storytelling and creative reception. Learn more and book now at bit.ly/GMaryRR
March 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Hybrid registration is now open for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝. Join us in Manchester or online on 16th May to discuss feminist storytelling and creative reception. Learn more and book now at bit.ly/GMaryRR
@siobhanjolley.bsky.social and I are running a one-day symposium on the creative reception of the Gospel of Mary and invite scholars, artists, and practitioners to submit a paper proposal. The event will take place on 16 May at the University of Manchester. Proposal deadline: 16 Dec.
November 15, 2023 at 11:11 AM
@siobhanjolley.bsky.social and I are running a one-day symposium on the creative reception of the Gospel of Mary and invite scholars, artists, and practitioners to submit a paper proposal. The event will take place on 16 May at the University of Manchester. Proposal deadline: 16 Dec.