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Philippa Townsend is a Lecturer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of Edinburgh. Her academic journey began with a BA in Classics from King’s College, Cambridge, followed by an MA from University College London. She completed her postgraduate studies at Harvard University and earned her PhD from Princeton University. Dr. Townsend has also held postdoctoral fellowships at the Hebrew University and the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research and was a member of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Before joining the University of Edinburgh, she taught at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania. Her undergraduate courses cover diverse topics such as the Apocalypse, the Book of Revelation, History and Culture of Jesus, and Intermediate Greek, while her postgraduate teachings focus on Women, Gender, and New Testament texts. Dr. Townsend's research intersects the fields of early Christianity, the Greco-Roman world, and Jewish-Christian relations, examining the development of Christian identity in various cultural contexts. She is currently engaged in writing a book titled 'Ethnicity and Sacrifice in the Early Christian World,' alongside a research project on the Cologne Mani Codex.
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