Daisy Andoh (BA Hons, MTh)

Thesis title: Mechanisms of Survival: Messianism and Trauma in the Book of Revelation

Biography

Qualifications

BA Theology and Religion with Study Abroad (First)

University of Exeter (2019)

MTh Biblical Studies (Distinction)

University of Edinburgh (2022)

Responsibilities & affiliations

European Association of Biblical Studies Intersectional Criticisms Unit Co-chair (2024-Present)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Post Graduate Representative (2021-2023)

Biblical Studies Taught Masters Course Representative (2021-2022)

Research summary

Daisy Andoh is a PhD candidate from the University of Edinburgh, researching Messianism and trauma in the book of Revelation. Her work focuses on the impact of imperial rule on apocalyptic narratives and utilises trauma theory to explore how John’s construction of Jesus as Messiah functions as a mechanism of survival for the early Jesus movement living under empire.

Current project grants

School of Divinity L W Hurtado Scholarship Award 2022/23

Conference details

British New Testament Society Conference:

Manchester (September 2025)

Paper Title: Her Whorings and Her Sorcery: Jezebel and Food Offerings in Revelation.

 

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting:

San Diego (November 2024)

Paper Title: I Know the End: Apocalypticism as Trauma Response in Revelation and 4 Ezra.

 

British New Testament Society Conference:

Exeter (August 2023)

Paper Title: “He is coming with the clouds”: The Journey of the Son of Man From Daniel to Revelation.

 

European Association of Biblical Studies Conference:

Sicily (July 2023)

Panelist and Respondent as part of the CSCO Decolonising Biblical Studies Panel

 

Scottish University Postgraduate Conference:

Edinburgh (June 2023)

Paper Title: “He is coming with the clouds”: The Journey of the Son of Man From Daniel to Revelation.

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