About us

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CSCO is the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. We are a collection of scholars committed to the study of early Christianity and the world that it was born in.

Our people

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Meet the CSCO committee

Biblical Time Machine podcast

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Join Professor Helen Bond and Dave Roos as they travel back in time (metaphorically... it's a podcast) to explore the real history of the people, places and events of the Old Testament, New Testament and everything in between

Events

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Upcoming CSCO events

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