Saturday 20 November 2004, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Room #204B - San Antonio Convention Center

Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Presiding

Robert J. Miller, Juniata College
Did Matthew Believe in the Virgin Birth? (30 min)

Jeffrey Peterson, Austin School of Theology
Dismissing the Sanhedrin: High Priest and Council in the Synoptics (30 min)

Jeffrey B. Gibson, Harry S. Truman College
Once Again, the "Sign of Jonah" (30 min)

Pamela Shellberg, Marquette University
Cleansing the Lepers and Accepting the Gentiles: The Concept of Cleansing in Luke-Acts (30 min)

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Monday 22 November 2004, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Room #217A - San Antonio Convention Center

Theme: Sight, Sound, and Memory: the Composition and Reception of the Synoptics

Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham (UK), Presiding

Richard Burridge, Kings College, London
The Implications of the Biographical Genre for the Composition and Reception of the Gospels (25 min)  [click on link for PDF of handout for paper]

Brandon Scott, Phillips Theological Seminary
Warring Kingdoms (25 min)

Edward W. Klink, III, University of St. Andrews
Gospel Communities and Patristic Exegesis: A Counter to the “Patristic Counter-evidence to the Claim that ‘The Gospels Were Written for All Christians’" (25 min) [click on link for PDF of paper]

T. M. Derico, Trinity College, Oxford
Upgrade and Reboot: A Re-appraisal of the Default Setting (25 min)  [click on link for PDF of paper]

Discussion (45 min)