Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Volume 4, June 1976, issue 1, p.p. 145.
The 1st volume of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies in June 1976 contains the eight (8) papers given in the I Symposium of Greek Biblical Theologians of the Universities of Athens and Thessalonica in Patmos from 24-28 September 1975 on the theme “John: his New Testament writings and his theological thought”.
S. Agouridis in his paper attempts an analysis of the current research into the sources of the fourth Gospel, from a religio-historical and theological point of view, taking into consideration two biblical international conferences of summer 1975.
Ch. Bulgaris makes a concise examination of the most basic data of John’s Gospel in order to find out the number, the size and the nature of various difficulties, which is going to face the biblical researcher and scholar in his effort to lighten up the historical and theological background of the particular Gospel.
G. Galitis examines the most fundamental elements and points that are connected with the reference of John to the “ruler of world”, that is to say the verses 12,31, 14,30 and 16,11. In this frame it is examined the meaning of the term ‘world’, the idea of the ‘two centuries’, of now and then, the “new sky and new earth”, and the religious background of the term “ the ruler of world”.
Ath. Theocharis analyses the problem of the relation between the narration of John 20,19-23 and the narration of Acts, chapter 2, that is about the presence of the Holy Spirit as tongues of fire on the disciples at the day of Pentecost, supporting that the two narrations are about the same historical event.
S. Agouridis presents a biblical study on John. 2,1-11, without however analyzing all the theological issues that suggests John. In this frame the writer deals with two main questions: why John chooses for the “beginning of miracles” the marriage in Cana and what his theory is about the relation between faith and miracle.
P. Vassiliadisattempts to determine the theological importance of John Baptist in the Gospel of John in correlation with the theological character and the aim of the Gospel.
P. Koutlemanis interprets I John, 2,16. He examines the meaning of the terms “love of world”, referring analytically in the relative with the subject patristic interpretative tradition and the modern interpretation.
B. Stogiannos tries to determine the meaning of Rev. 2,13, which constitutes a ‘key’ for the deeper understanding of Revelation. In this frame he presents patristic opinions, but also some modern biblical research conclusions about the meaning of the “throne of Satan”.
At the end, there is an English summary of the papers, written by P. Vassiliadis.