Athanasios Paparnakis

Athanasios Paparnakis

Professor of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Visiting Professor
  • Theological School of the Church of Cyprus
    1-7 Isokratous Str.1016, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Τel: 22443055
  • Fax: 22443050
  • Email: a.paparnakis@theo.ac.cy

Profile:

Athanasios Paparnakis was born in Thessaloniki. He is a graduate of the School of Pastoral Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a postgraduate of the Department of Theology of Durham University, UK. He taught the course of Religius studies at schools of the secondary education and since 2001 he belongs to the teaching staff of the School of Social Theology and Christian Culture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He works on the Interpretation of the Old Testament and Biblical Theology.

 

Selected Publications

 

  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 Dama­scus, Gregory Palamas 781-782 (2000), p. 65. In Greek
  5. Isidorus Pelusiota, Letters. Book I, Introduction, Translation and Comments, Thessaloniki 2000, p. 488. 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

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