Born 1982; 2016 MDiv at Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary; 2016-19 Pastoral staff of adult ministry, biblical training ministry and family ministry in Kowloon City Baptist Church; 2020 MTh at the University of Edinburgh; 2023 PhD (New Testament and Christian Origins) at the University of Edinburgh; New Testament lecturer (New Testament Introduction, Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Practice, New Testament Biblical Theology and Preaching) at Chinese Mission Seminary in Hong Kong.

• 1.1 Literature Review of Mark's Shepherd Image1.2 Research Outline2.1 Adopting a Narratological Perspective2.2 Assumptions2.3 Scope of the Study2.4 Key Entities of a Narrative for Communication2.5 Defining the Implied Readers of Mark's Narrative2.6 Method and Purpose2.7 Conclusion3.1 An Overview of the Shepherd Image in Jewish Literature3.2 The Shepherd Image in Ezekiel 343.3 The Shepherd Image in Zech 13:7-93.4 Conclusion4.1 Beginning the Story of Mark's Jesus (1:1-13)4.2 Insiders and Outsiders (3:13-4:34)4.3 Conclusion5.1 The Shepherd Image in Jesus Feeding the Five Thousand (6:30-44)5.2 Jesus' Purity Concern in His Ministry (7:1-23)5.3 Conclusion6.1 The Prediction of the Way to the Cross (8:22-10:52)6.2 The Shepherd Image in the Prediction of Peter's Denial (14:26-31)6.3 The Continuation of Jesus' Shepherd Ministry in His Resurrection

Born 1982; 2016 MDiv at Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary; 2016-19 Pastoral staff of adult ministry, biblical training ministry and family ministry in Kowloon City Baptist Church; 2020 MTh at the University of Edinburgh; 2023 PhD (New Testament and Christian Origins) at the University of Edinburgh; New Testament lecturer (New Testament Introduction, Hermeneutics and Exegesis in Practice, New Testament Biblical Theology and Preaching) at Chinese Mission Seminary in Hong Kong.

• 1.1 Literature Review of Mark's Shepherd Image1.2 Research Outline2.1 Adopting a Narratological Perspective2.2 Assumptions2.3 Scope of the Study2.4 Key Entities of a Narrative for Communication2.5 Defining the Implied Readers of Mark's Narrative2.6 Method and Purpose2.7 Conclusion3.1 An Overview of the Shepherd Image in Jewish Literature3.2 The Shepherd Image in Ezekiel 343.3 The Shepherd Image in Zech 13:7-93.4 Conclusion4.1 Beginning the Story of Mark's Jesus (1:1-13)4.2 Insiders and Outsiders (3:13-4:34)4.3 Conclusion5.1 The Shepherd Image in Jesus Feeding the Five Thousand (6:30-44)5.2 Jesus' Purity Concern in His Ministry (7:1-23)5.3 Conclusion6.1 The Prediction of the Way to the Cross (8:22-10:52)6.2 The Shepherd Image in the Prediction of Peter's Denial (14:26-31)6.3 The Continuation of Jesus' Shepherd Ministry in His Resurrection