Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos

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Dr. Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos is a professor of Biblical Theology, with a specialization in “New Testament” studies, at the Department of Orthodox Theology of the University of Munich. He is also guest professor at the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus. From 2003 to 2011 he was President (Dean) of the Orthodox Department, from 2011 to 2017 was Chairman of the Examining Board and from 2017 to this day is again President (Dean) of the aforementioned department of the University of Munich. Since 2006, he has been publishing the German-language scientific theological journal “Orthodoxes Forum”, since 2011 the series of theological monographs “Lehr und Studienbücher Orthodoxe Theologie” and since 2023 the series “Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Orthodoxe Theologie”. He is a member of the Committee on Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Catholic churches of Germany, as well as the Dialogue Committee between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the German Evangelical Church. He participates in interdisciplinary research programs of European Universities and is a member of many scientific societies, foundations and committees. He has participated in Evaluating Committees of undergraduate and postgraduate programs at Greek and Cypriot Universities, following invitations from the institutions ADIP in Greece and DIPAE in Cyprus. He has published monographs, various studies and articles in the fields of Introduction, Interpretation and Theology of the New Testament, and, Byzantine Museology, Liturgy and Hymnology of the early Church. The Linguistic development in the Hellenistic and early Christian period is the main focus of his research activities and teaching, with a special interest in the “Common” language of the New Testament.

Studies

1998 Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

1998 Lecturer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

1991-1998 Scientific associate, Orthodox Theology of the University of Munich

1991 Doctor, Department of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

1983 Bachelor’s Degree, Theological Faculty, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

1982 Psalter Degree and Diploma of Music Instructor of Byzantine Music, Apollonio Conservatory of Athens

Research

2016: Participation as a special orthodox advisor to the Swiss Bible Society program for the German translation of the Greek text of the New Testament of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (1904)

2015: Participation in the research program of the Austrian Bible Society, under the auspices of the Holy Metropolis of Austria, for writing a special Bible for use in the curriculum under the title “Orthodoxe Schulbibel. Evangelien, Apostelgeschichte und ausgewählte Psalmen”.

2006-2009: Participation, as envoy of the Orthodox Ecumenical Assembly of Germany, in the research group of the Koblenz-Landau Universities for the program of the German Biblical Society for the German translation of the Septuagint texts, with the title “Septuaginta Deutsch. Das griechische Alte Testament in deutscher Übersetzung”.

1985-1989: Postgraduate studies, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät and Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Munich

1984-1985: Postgraduate studies, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, University of Regensburg

Selected Publications

1. Καιvή Διαθήκη καί Ρητoρική. Τά ρητoρικά σχήματα διαvoίας στά ἱστoρικά βιβλία τῆς Καιvῆς Διαθήκης, Κατερίνη 1993, 383 σελ.
2. Orthodoxe Hymnographie. Lexikon der orthodoxen hymnolo­gisch-musikalischen Termino­logie, Schliern b. Köniz 1999, 91 σελ.
3. Die “unbekannten” Hymnen des Neuen Testaments. Die ortho­doxe Hermeneutik und die historisch-kritische Methode. Exegetische und theologische Deutung neutesta­mentli­cher Stellen unter Berücksichtigung des orthodoxen Kultus, Aachen 2000, 172 σελ.
4. Ζητήματα λoγικῆς λατρείας καί λειτoυργικῆς ἀγωγῆς, Θεσσαλονίκη 2001, 159 σελ.
5. Ἑρμηνευτικά μελετήματα ἀπό ρητορικῆς καί ὑμνολογικῆς ἐπόψεως, (Βιβλική Βιβλιοθήκη 34), Θεσσαλονίκη 2005, 259 σελ.
6. Studii de Teologie Biblică. Ermineutica ortodoxă şi cea occidentală: semnificaţia noţiunilor imnologice ale Noului Testament, traducere de Pr. Prof. Dr. Ioan Vasile Lebşi Drd. Ilie Ursa, Cluj-Napoca 2008, 193 σελ.
7. Das Neue Testament in der Orthodoxen Kirche. Grundlegende Fragen einer Einführung in das Neue Testament, Münster-Berlin 1^η έκδ. 2011 – 2^η έκδ. 2014, 320 σελ.
8. Imnografia ortodoxă la început și astăzi. Dicționar de termeni liturgici și imnologici, traducere de Diac. Dr. Alexandru Ioniţă, editată sub coordinarea ştiinţifică a Prof. Dr. Adrian Marinescu, Bucureşti: Editura Basilica 2015, 164 σελ.
9. Gesammelte orthodoxe theologische Studien, Göttingen 2015, 267 σελ.