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	George L. Parsenios Assistant Professor of New Testament Department of Biblical Studies 110 Stockton Street Phone: 609.688.2669 Fax: 609.497.7829 Email: george.parsenios@ptsem.edu

Profile
George L. Parsenios is assistant professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary and a member of the steering committee for both the Society of Biblical Literature Unit Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti, and the Society of Biblical Literature Johannine Literature Group. He holds an M.A. from Duke University, an M.Div. from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University. His interests include the Johannine literature, the interaction of early Christianity with classical literature and culture, and early Christian biblical interpretation. His course offerings focus on the Johannine Literature, early Christian scriptural interpretation, and early Christianity in its Greco-Roman setting. He also teaches basic and advanced New Testament Greek.

Major Publications
“Paramythetikos Christos: John Chrysostom Interprets the Johannine Farewell Discourses,” Greek Orthodox Theological Review (2002) 47: 215–236 Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell Discourses in Light of Greco-Roman Literature NovTSup 117 (EJ Brill, 2005) “No Longer in the World’ (John 17:11): The Transformation of the Tragic in the Fourth Gospel,” Harvard Theological Review (2005) 98: 1–21