In this project, I performed the following work: I received methodological training from my supervisor, I conducted a close textual and comparative analysis, and I wrote most of the monograph, which will be the primary contribution of this project. In addition, I presented preliminary research at academic conferences, invited academic and public talks, and taught some guest lectures for Master's students in my host department.
My project’s results, described below, will primarily be usefully exploited by fellow academics, students and professors, within my field and adjacent fields of study: Origen studies, early Christian exegesis and exegetical culture, early Christian homiletics, early Christian book culture, as well as early Christian spirituality and formation. I therefore made use of the following venues for dissemination (international conferences, academic journals, and eventually I will publish a monograph in a leading book series, hopefully Oxford university press). I believe the results of my project will be used by scholars of early Christianity and Late antiquity in North America, the UK, and in Europe. The resulting book and journal articles could provide supplemental reading for academic courses on early Christian exegesis, theology, book and reading culture, and possibly, Christian spirituality and formation. However, these results may also find an audience among educated lay people with an interest in the early church. I have communicated my results at several academic conferences (see section 2 below), Master’s level students in various courses at Aarhus University, at two public talks, and via scientific publications, and my social media accounts. For example, I made frequent and ongoing use of my Twitter account (@MiriamJane5), which I have connected to the Marie Curie Twitter handle @MSCActions, in order to communicate results, events, and activities associated with this research to the general public. I also made regular use of my academia.edu account, posting papers and articles I wrote, which again was open to the general public. I also kept my page of Aarhus University’s website up to date; I frequently posted information about publications, events, and funding on the site.
