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Christos Karakolis<\/b> is a professor in the Department of Theology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He studied Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and continued his master\u2019s and doctoral studies in the New Testament at the Universities of Regensburg and T\u00fcbingen in Germany. In 1996, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Theology with a dissertation devoted to the theological significance of miracles in the Gospel of John. During his studies, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of New Testament Studies at the University of T\u00fcbingen.<\/p>\n

His academic career at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens began in 1998 with his appointment as a Lecturer, and since 2018 he has held the position of Full Professor in the Department of Theology. At the same time, he has been actively engaged in international academic work as a visiting professor and researcher at universities and research institutions, including the Universities of Bern, Munich, Regensburg, and Cambridge, as well as universities in South Africa. He also participates as a research partner in international research centers and has contributed to the evaluation of doctoral dissertations at leading European universities.<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/p>\n

\u201cInterpreting the Gospel of John as an Orthodox New Testament Scholar: Challenges and Perspectives.\u201d Centrum f\u00fcr Religionsbezogene Studien and Katholisch-Theologische Fakult\u00e4t, University of M\u00fcnster, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf Shepherds and Sheep: Leadership, Individuality, and Togetherness according to the Fourth Gospel\u2019s Imagery.\u201d Pages 33\u201343 in Individual and Community in the Public Discourse of the Orthodox Church. Edited by Hans-Peter Gro\u00dfhans and Pantelis Kalaitzidis. Eastern Church Identities 22. Leiden: Brill, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Is Evil and How to Deal with It? 2 Thess 2:3\u201312 in the Exegesis of Byzantine Commentators from an Orthodox-Critical Perspective.\u201d Salesianum 87, no. 3 (2025): 477\u201398.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Apostle Paul as a Paragon of the Human Being in Christ: Self-Narrative and Parenesis in Phil 1:12\u20132:18 from a Critical Orthodox Perspective.\u201d Pages 175\u201393 in Images of the Human Being: Eighth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, Caraiman Monastery, May 26\u201331, 2019. Edited by Cosmin Pricop, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, and Tobias Nicklas. WUNT 521. T\u00fcbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.<\/p>\n

Email: chkarakol@theol.uoa.gr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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