Direction:Comparative Theology
Position:Full Professor
Was born in 1963. He graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1987. In 1988-2007 he taught eatly church history, theology and Hebrew at Tbisli State University.In 2007-2012 he lived and worked on his doctoral dissertation in Oxford, UK. In 2013 he completed his doctoral dissertation and returned to Georgia. Since 2014 he has been teaching at Ilia State University.
Scientific interests / research interests
Comperative theology, Biblical Studies, Apocriphal Texts Study, Jewish and Muslim theology and ethics, translation theories and their aplication to sacred texts.
Featured publications
- Malkhaz Songulashvili & Paul Fiddes, „A dialogue between the Orthodox Church of Georgia and the ‘Evangelical Christians-Baptists’ of Georgia (1979–1980) with its wider Baptist context“, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, Volume 13, 2013 – Issue 3, Pages 222-254 | Published online: 08 Oct 2013.
- Evangelical Christians and Baptists of Georgia: The History and Transformation of a Free Church Tradition (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015)
Books
- The Bible [trasnlationo into the Modern Georgian language, co-translator], (Tbilisi: Georgian Patriarchate, 1998).
- Biblical Narratives – Old Testament (Tbilisi: Biblioteheca Christiana,1992), in Georgian.
- Biblical Narratives – Olds and New Testaments (Tbilisi: Biblioteheca Christiana,1992), In Georgian.
- The Bible [translation into the Modern Georgian Language, co-translator] (Tbilisi, United Bible Societies, 2001).
- The New Testament, Dinamic translation into the Modern Georgian Language with explanations (Tbilisi: United Bible Societues, 2018).
Articles in magazines
- “Martin Luther King Jr. The Prophet of Non-Violence for Georgia”, Tabula Magazine,Number 42, July, 2014.
- “Ukraiene in Europe”, Tabula Magazine, Number 39, March, 2014.
- “Femicide and Repentance of Culture”, Liberali Magazine, Number 156, November, 2014 [in Georgian]
- “A Merging of Protestant and Orthodox Theology and Practice: Evangelical Christian Baptists of Georgia.” East-West Church and Ministry Reports, 24, No. 3 – Summer 2016 (1-4).
- “A Merging of Protestant and Orthodox Theology and Practice: Evangelical Christian Baptists of Georgia.” East-West Church and Ministry Reports 24, No. 4 – Fall 2016 (11-14).
- “A Merging of Protestant and Orthodox Theology and Practice: Evangelical Christian Baptists of Georgia.” East-West Church and Ministry Reports 25, No. 1 – Winter 2017 (5-8).
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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| The New Testament in its Historical and Religious Context; Evolution of Early Christian Theology and Liturgical Practice; Comparative Study of the Canonical and Apocryphal New Testaments |
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