Synoptic Gospels Section

Society of Biblical Literature

2003 Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA

First Session

Saturday, November 22nd
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Theme: Gospels for All Christians? Rethinking Gospel Audiences

Mark Goodacre, University Of Birmingham Uk, Presiding

Papers Will Be Summarised And Not Read

Richard Bauckham, University Of St Andrews
The Gospels for All Christians (15 min)

Mark A Matson, Milligan College
Interactive Rhetoric in Matthew: An Exploration of Audience Competency (15 min)

Margaret M Mitchell, University Of Chicago
Patristic Counter-evidence to the Claim that "The Gospels Were Written for All Christians" (15 min)

Dwight N Peterson, Eastern College, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion , (45 min)

This session will discuss Richard Bauckham (ed.), The Gospels for All Christians: Rethinking The Gospel
Audiences (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997)

Second Session

Sunday, November 23rd
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Theme: Open Session

Stephen D Moore, Drew University Theological School
Mark and Empire: "Zealot" and "Postcolonial" Readings (30 min)

J. Albert Harrill, Indiana University
The Farce of the Dishonest Manager (Luke 16:1–8): Roman Slave Comedy and Early Christian Self-Definition (30 min)

Alex Damm, University Of Toronto
Ancient Paraphrase and the Synoptic Problem (30 min)

Simon Gathercole, University Of Aberdeen
The Son of Man's Authority and Rejection: A Way through the Impasse (30 min)