So excited that I get to talk about Helena and her grave stele as part of the Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World program unit at SBL later this month! #SBL #SBL2025

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…

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 Roma...

Excited to share that my latest book review of Paula Fredriksen's "Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years," has just been published by AJR!

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...

We had a great discussion about the medieval reception of Thecla (among other topics) at the AAR-RBS RMGP Regional Conference this weekend!

Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts An essential resource for understanding slavery in the New Testament and early Christianity   Slavery permeated society in the ancient world. The realities ...

Thrilled to share that “Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts,” edited by @christycobb.bsky.social and Katherine A. Shaner is coming out soon! I had the privilege of working as an editorial assistant on this important volume. Check it out!

Seeing my name listed among so many important scholars is actually so scary haha #NAPS2025

Cycle of the Virgin, Chora Church, Istanbul Images: select color images from the Church of Chora, Wikimedia Commons, and Byzantine Legacy; full cycle in black and white in Underwood (1966); select color images in Ousterhout (2002; 2017); sel…

Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Cycle of the Virgin, Chora Church, Istanbul. A series of mosaics with scenes from the Protevangelium of James. Entry created by Joseph Foltz and Darby Alvarenga, under the supervision of Christy Cobb. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...

Cross with Prayer to Thecla Images: Dumbarton Oaks Other descriptors: Saint Thecla Votive Cross; Cross with Bust of St. Thekla Location: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Accession Number: BZ.1952.5 Category: Liturgical Implem…

Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Cross with Prayer of Thecla, compiled by Joseph Foltz, under the supervision of Christy Cobb.
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Added to e-Clavis: Materiae apocryphorum ~ Good Ship Thecla Sarcophagus Fragment (3rd/4th cent.). Compiled by Joseph Folz and Christy Cobb. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...