The experiencing and remembering of conversion according to Paul and "John": A new comparison of their theological thought patterns from an interdisciplinary and orthodox perspective

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Athanasios Despotis
• Subject Area: Protestant Theology
• Term: from 2014 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252010672

• Final Report Year: 2020

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Publications

• Exploring a Common Background of Paul and 'John': Mission and Conversion. In: J. Dunne – K. Kok (eds.), Insiders versus Outsiders, [PPRT 14], Gorgias Press 2014, pp. 105–143.
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• From Conversion according to Paul and “John” to Theosis in the Greek Patristic Tradition. Horizons in biblical theology, Bd. 38. 2016, Heft 1, S. 88-109.
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• Beyond Theological Arguments. The Ethics of Love and Coming to Faith in Paul. In: A. Despotis (ed.), Participation, Justification and Conversion: Eastern Orthodox Interpretation of Paul and the Debate between Old and New Perspectives on Paul, [WUNT II 440], Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2017, pp. 355– 375.
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• πάντες εἰς ἓν σῶμα ἐβαπτίσθημεν ... καὶ πάντες ἓν πνεῦμα ἐποτίσθημεν (1 Cor 12:13) Entrance into the Community of the Christ-believers as Incorporation and Deification. in: S. Despotis (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference "Apostle Paul: 1950 Years after His Martyrdom", Pyrgos 2017, pp. 63–89.
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• ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας. Rethinking the Applicationof the Verb δικαιoῦσθαι in Baptismal Contexts from the Perspective of Rom 6:7. In: A. Despotis (ed.), Participation, Justification and Conversion: Eastern Orthodox Interpretation of Paul and the Debate between Old and New Perspectives on Paul, [WUNT II 440], Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2017, pp. 29–57.
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• Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the Dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus: Fresh Perspectives from John’s Hellenistic Background and Chrysostomic Reception. Journal of Early Christian History, Vol. 8. 2018, Issue 1, pp. 68-87.
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• Reconsidering the Pauline Conception of Time. Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters, Vol. 8. 2018, No. 1-2, pp. 20-42.
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• John 8:37–47 and 14:12–24: A New Approach to John 8 through John 14 and the Experiences of Jewish Converts to Christianity. In: K. Belezos (ed.) Church, Theology, God’s Kingdom, Festschrift for Georgios Patronos, Athens 2019, pp. 307–322.
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• The Religious-Philosophical Hybridity in John 6 and its Reception in the Commentaries of Origen and John Chrysostom. In J. Kok et al. (eds.) Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the New Testament and Early Christianity, BVB 38, Berlin: LIT 2019, pp. 47–67.
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• Bekehrungserfahrung und Bekehrungserinnerung bei Paulus und Johannes. Biblische Zeitschrift - Supplements, Band: 2. 2020, Paderborn: Brill ISBN 978-3-506-70440-5. S. 45-52
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