Academic biography

Miriam De Cock is an Assistant Professor in Biblical Studies (New Testament and Early Christianity). She joined DCU in the fall of 2022. She was formerly a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Theology at Aarhus University in Denmark. Miriam’s PhD in Early Christianity is from McMaster University’s Department of Religious Studies (conferred in 2019), where she also did an MA in Early Christianity (2012). She recently published an edited volume of essays titled Patristic Exegesis in Context: Exploring the Literary Contexts of Patristic Biblical Interpretation with CUA Press (2024), and her PhD thesis as Interpreting the Gospel of John in Antioch and Alexandria (SBL Press, 2020). Recent articles include “Origen’s Sources of Exegetical Authority: The Construction of an Inspired Exegete in the Pauline Lineage” (New Testament Studies) and “Travel and the Making of a Pseudepigraphical Hero in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature” (Early Christianity). She teaches courses in the New Testament and its reception and researches in early Christian exegesis and exegetical culture.