On GOSPELS SCHOLARSHIP

More than at any time in the past 100 years, New Testament scholarship has been returning to serious questions about the nature of the canonical gospels and the processes behind gospel writing. Questions about early gospel reception, gospel genre, the role of the gospels within early Christian book culture, the performative and narratological milieus in which the canonical gospels emerged, and the relationship between our gospels and early Christian memory have all been subjects of serious discussion over the past decade. 

These are only some of the important conversations taking place at this critical moment in gospels research, though each has serious implications for our understanding of both the gospels as texts and the ways in which those texts emerged. This conference brings together prominent voices in the field with a view to putting these disparate voices into direct dialogue with each other.