CURRICULUM VITAE

Athanasios  G. Paparnakis

Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology School of Social Theology and Christian Culture Faculty of Theology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Personal Information:

Date of Birth:             March 1, 1967

Place of Birth:            Thessaloniki, Greece Marital Status:                         Married with six children

Home Address:           Herakleitou  6A,  Pefka 57010 Thessaloniki tel.: +302310676684

Office Address:          Faculty  of Theology

54124 University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece tel.: +302310997119

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Education:

1988: Aristotle University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Pastoral Theology

1993: M.A. University of Durham (G. Britain), Faculty of Arts, Department of Theology

1997: PhD Aristotle University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Pastoral and Social Theology

1988: Seminar on Paleography, Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, Thessaloniki

1991-1993: i) study of Biblical Hebrew; ii) seminars on computer applications (text processing, text analysis, databases, communications etc.), Durham, UK

1993: Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge

1999: Seminar on Open and Distance Education, Open University, Patras, Greece

Research interests:

□         Interpretation/exegesis of the Old Testament

□         Theology of the Old Testament

□         Biblical Theology

□         Reception history of the Holy Scripture

□         Patristic hermeneutics

□         Information technology and applications on theological research

Teaching Experience:

1992: Modern Greek, Stockton & Billingham Technical College, Stockton (G. Britain)

1995-1997: Introduction to the Old Testament, Interpretation of Prophetic texts, Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki

1999-2001: Religious Studies, Secondary Education

2001-2005: Lecturer Interpretation of the Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Department of Pastoral and Social Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

2005-2013: Assistant Professor, the same Department 2013-2021: Associate Professor, the same Department

2021-today: Professor, the same Department

Taught Courses:

1. Undregradute level: Introduction to the Old Testament, Interpretation of the Old Testament, Old Testament Institutions, Biblical Hebrew, Computer applications on theological research, Interpretation of liturgical texts from the Old Testament, History of interpretation of the Old Testament: I. Patristic period
2. Postgraduate level: Old Testament (introductory issues), Old Testament (interpretation, theological issues), Issues on History and Archaeology of the Old Testament, Old Testament in the New Testament and the Fathers of the Church

2011-today: Orthodox Faculty of Theology “Saint Athanasius the Athonite”, Kinsasa Kongo, Biblical Hebrew

2020-today: Church of Cyprus Theology School, Introduction to the Old Testament and Exegesis

Other Professional Research Experience:

1988-1989: Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, Section of Manuscript Microfilms administration

1999-2000: Orthodox Center of Education and Culture, Thessaloniki, Developer of Educational and Research Projects on the Holy Bible (e.g. Interbalkan Co-operation for creating a Digital Library of the Holy Scripture, Developing services and educational material for Open and Distance Education in Theology, Teaching the Bible to deaf people, Communicating common balkan culture values to people with sensory disabilities).

2009-today: HTLS (Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint), University of Strasburgh, France

2009-today: theological commentary on the works of St. Neofyti the Recluse, Holy Monastery of Saint Neofytus, Pafos, Cyprus

2009-today: modern Greek translation of the Septuagint, Psichogios Publishing, Athens 2011-today: Biblindex, Institut des Sources Chrétiennes, Lyon, France

2011- today: e-CC (Digital Greek Patristic Catena and Clavis of Christian Texts), reasearch team from AUTH, EATh and TEI Serres

Memberships:

—   Greek Association of Biblical Studies, Thessaloniki.

—   Network of Research on the Textual and Hermeneutical Tradition of the Church, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Strasbourg University.

—      Synodal Commitee of the Church of Greece on Liturgical Renewal.

Publications (selected):

1. The Biblical Foundation of Athanasius’ Understanding of the Nicene ‘Homousion’,   M.A. Dissertation, Durham,  1993, p.  240.  In English
2. St. Athanasius as an Interpreter of the Old Testament, PhD, Thessaloniki 1997, p. 620. In Greek
3. The Messianic Prophecy of Numbers 24:7 and its hermeneutical difficulty, Scientific Annals of the Faculty of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Department of Pastoral and Social Theology, 5 (1999), p. 72. In Greek
4. Divine depictions and sacred symbols in the Old Testament according to St. John of Dama- scus, Gregory Palamas 781-782 (2000), p. 65. In Greek
5. Isidorus Pelusiota, Letters. Book I, Introduction, Translation and Comments, Thessaloniki 2000, p.  88. In Greek
6. « From a child you have known the holy Scriptures » (2 Tim. 3 :15), Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the Orthodox Biblical Theologians, Lefkas 2003, p. 37. In Greek
7. The remission of sins in the theology of the book of Isaiah, Proceedings of the 25th Theological Conference of Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki “The Prophet Isaiah”, Thessaloniki 2003,  p. 96. In Greek
8. The Epiclesis of the name of God in the Old Testament, Thessaloniki 2006, p. 320. In Greek
9. Holy Scripture in the works of St. Gregory Palamas. Introductory approach with the aid of information technology, Scientific Annals of the Faculty of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Department of Pastoral and Social Theology, 12 (2008), p. 28. In Greek
10. The veil of the Law and the Light of the Gospel in 2 Cor. 3. A Patristic approach, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on St. Paul the Apostle, Corinth 2007, p. 27. In Greek
11. References to the Old Testament in St. John Chrysostom’s Homilies “Contra Judaeos”, Proceedings of International Conference St. John Chrysostom 1600 years (407-2007), Thessaloniki 2007. In Greek
12. Sin and sickness in biblical theology, Proceedings of the 10th Liturgical Symposium, Volos 2009. In Greek
13. Family life under the Mosaic Law, Proceedings of International Conference on Family: Pauline theology and contemporary perpectives, Veria 2010. In Greek
14. The use of the Bible in the works of St. Neofyti the Recluse, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference St. Neofytos the Recluse. History-Theology-Culture, April 22-26 2009, Pafos 2010. In Greek
15. Prophets and Worship. The prophetic criticism of the ancient Jewish cult, Thessaloniki 2012, p. 250. In Greek
16. True and False Prophecy. Jeremiah against the Pseudoprophets. A Pragma-Dialectical argumentation analysis, Thessaloniki  2021.