Jesse Ophoff

I am a Doctoral Research Fellow (or stipendiat) here at MF. My work focuses on the development Christianity in Late Antiquity, especially in the Latin West. My approach is interdisciplinary, focusing on the intersecting ideas communicated through texts, manuscripts, and art history.

My dissertation, Navigating the Gospel in Latin Late Antiquity, has been submitted and is pending approval. In it, I track "Gospel" or evangelium as a term and concept through seven key Latin Christian texts, integrating intellectual history and cognitive theory. It is the first of two volumes; the second will also follow the Gospel through Late Antiquity, focusing on its expression in iconographic representation and manuscript paratexts.