Spiros Zodhiates

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Spiros Zodhiates
Born(1922-03-13)March 13, 1922
DiedOctober 10, 2009(2009-10-10) (aged 87)
NationalityGreek-American
EducationShelton College
Luther Rice College & Seminary
American University in Cairo
New York University

Spiros Zodhiates (

missions and relief agency with operations in over 40 countries. He is also known for publishing The Hebrew-Greek KeyWord Study Bible,[3] which indexes key terms in the English
Bible with the words they were translated from in the original languages.

Life

Zodhiates was born of

. He was also the recipient of several honorary doctorates.

He came to the United States in 1946 at the invitation of the American Committee for the Evangelization of the Greeks (now

patients, and has an expanding evangelistic thrust of “Advertising the Message of the Gospel” through paid newspaper and magazine gospel messages in many lands and languages.

In 1951, Zodhiates’ passion for radio was born when he realized the power of media to get the message of Christianity to the masses. Using his Greek background and knowledge of the Greek language as a springboard, Zodhiates took to the airwaves, teaching the New Testament in light of the original Greek meaning of the words used. Zodhiates’ program, New Testament Light, began on one station in rural Pennsylvania, and in its heyday was heard across the United States and Canada. As his career progressed, Zodhiates became a recognized authority on the Greek New Testament. His Bible teaching carried from radio into other media as well. In 1975, he launched Pulpit Helps Magazine, a monthly publication designed to provide pastors with insights from the original languages of the Bible, tips on sermon construction, illustrative stories to enhance Bible teaching, and news from Christian missions around the world. Pulpit Helps still serves thousands of readers in the United States and other English-speaking countries. New Testament Light was developed into a television show during the 1980s and was broadcast on numerous stations through the mid-1990s.

Books

In addition to The Hebrew-Greek KeyWord Study Bible, Zodhiates published over 200 books and booklets in English, as well as 82 in Greek, many of which are in-depth word-by-word

AMG Publishers, which has since grown into a significant producer of Christian books, to publish much of his material. He was also responsible for introducing the Modern Greek pronunciation of Classical and Koine Greek into U.S. colleges and universities through A Guide to Modern Greek Pronunciation and his tape recordings of the entire Koine New Testament (Nestle's text) in Modern Greek pronunciation. He recorded with Modern Greek pronunciation special courses on New Testament Greek for those who wish to learn it on their own or in classrooms, using texts such as J. Gresham Machen
's New Testament Greek for Beginners, Summers', Davis', and Hadjiantoniou's grammars.

After suffering numerous health problems in the late 1990s, Zodhiates transitioned out of active work, though many of his commentary manuscripts are still being edited and published, and his radio and television recordings are being redistributed digitally. He died in Chattanooga on October 10, 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Zodhiates, Spiros". www.chattanoogan.com. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  2. ^ a b "Obituaries". Chattanooga Times Free Press. 2009-10-11. p. B6. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

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