There will be a session on the reception of Mark’s Gospel at the SBL annual conference in San Antonio in 2023. This is the first time that I have been invited to be on the panel rather than having to submit a paper with the hopes of it getting accepted. Here is the line up of speakers:

Gospel of Mark
Joint Session With: Gospel of Mark, Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives
11/20/2023
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

Theme: What happened to Mark in early Christian exegesis?

Kara Lyons-Pardue, Point Loma Nazarene University, Presiding

Jeremiah Coogan, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Introducing Mark (20 min)
Tag(s): Gospels – Mark (Biblical Literature – New Testament)

Discussion (10 min)

Michael Kok, Morling College Perth Campus
Revisiting my Doctoral Dissertation on the Reception of Mark’s Gospel on its Tenth Anniversary (20 min)
Tag(s): Gospels – Mark (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature – Other)

Discussion (10 min)

Francis Watson, University of Durham
Did the early Church neglect Mark? (20 min)
Tag(s): Gospels – Mark (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature – Other)

Discussion (10 min)

David Maxwell, Concordia Seminary
Mark in Egypt (20 min)
Tag(s): Gospels – Mark (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature – Other)

Discussion (10 min)

Joanna Dewey, Episcopal Divinity School
Mark: A More Oral Gospel? (20 min)
Tag(s): Gospels – Mark (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Oral Traditions (History of Interpretation / Reception History / Reception Criticism), Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature – Other)

Discussion (10 min)