This international symposium interrogates the manifold ways that early readers located “Gospel” in the bibliographic landscape of the Roman Mediterranean of the early centuries ce. What made something “Gospel”? What are the limits of this literary phenomenon? How should one read or write a Gospel? How should one organize the expanding constellation of Gospel books? How do Gospels relate to other books, literary categories, and textual practices? How did readers situate Gospel reading in the cultural politics of the Roman Mediterranean?

The symposium is organized by Jeremiah Coogan, Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Jesuit School of Theology (jcoogan@scu.edu). Please get in contact with any questions.

The Catholic Biblical Association, the Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, and the Dean’s Excellence Fund at the Jesuit School of Theology have provided generous support for this symposium.