Wendy Cotter, CSJ, Ph.D.
	Title:	Associate Professor
	Office:	Crown Center 311
	Phone:	773.508.8456
	E-mail:	wcotter@luc.edu

Personal Information

Dr. Wendy Cotter, CSJ is a Sister of Saint Joseph from London, Ontario Canada, and a tenured associate professor of Scripture in the Theology Department of Loyola who has been teaching at Loyola since 1991. Dr. Cotter received her doctorate from the University of Saint Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, with a specialization in Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), in particular the Gospel of Mark, and also in First Generation Christianity. The contextualization of earliest Christian communities within the world of Greco-roman antiquity is a constant special scholarly endeavor. For example, recently in her book, The Miracles of Greco-Roman Antiquity: A Sourcebook (London, England: Routledge Press, 1999) Dr. Cotter presents a selection of the major miracles attributed to the gods and heroes of the first century Mediterranean world in order to better study the claims made by early Christians about Jesus and His miracles.

Specialties:
Synoptic Gospels; Hellenistic and Jewish Culture

Research Interests:
Synoptic Gospel:Mark; First generation Christianity; Greco-Roman culture; Miracle narratives; "Q" Studies