Conference Presentation by Dr Lydia Gore-Jones at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature

Dr Lydia Gore-Jones, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, represented St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College at this year’s International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in Uppsala, Sweden, June 23 to 27, 2025. She presented two papers, one in the Mariological Discourses unit, entitled “The Cultic Image of Mary in the Liturgical Celebrations of the Eastern Orthodox Church,” and the other in the Canonical Approaches to the Bible unit, entitled “The Kingdom of God as the Central Scheme in the Gospel of Matthew.” Both papers were received with positive feedback and enthusiastic discussion.