Professor Emeritus
E. Kochlamazashvili was born on 22 February, 1950, in the village of Kvemo Bodbe (Signagi region). In 1967 he graduated from the local High School. He continued his studies at and graduated from several Universities: Georgian Polytechnical University, in Electronic and Digital Machinary (graduated in 1973); Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, in Phylology (graduated in 1994), Tbilisi 4th Musical School (graduated in 1973); Theological Seminary of Mtskheta (graduated in 1976);The three-year Ulphan calsses in Hebrew at Sokhnut (graduated in 1998).
In 2002 he defended a doctoral thesis at the Institute of Literature, Georgian Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the degree of a candidate of Phylological Sciences.
In 1977-83 he served at the Georgian Church. In 1994-2006 he worked at Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, Chair of Religion and Culture, in a position of a teacher, and since 2002 as an Associate Professor. From 2006 to present E. Takaishvili works at Ilia State University and is a Full Professor. Simultaniously, from 2010 to present he has been a Senior Research Scholar st K. Kekelidze National Center of Manuscripts. He has been lecturing at several Universities.
E. Takaishvili has published some 120 scholarly works, including three books. He was a contributor of several local and International scholarly conferences. He is a publisher and an editor of a periodical “Studies in Christian Archaeology” (Since 2008 six volumes were published). He has been an editor of some 30 books.
Old Georgian translated literature, Georgian-Byzantine literary relations, codicology, lexicology, hymnography, ethnology, liturgics.
Featured publications
Books
An extensive list of publications
1.E. Kochlamazashvili,Teachings About Prayer Ascribed to St Nilus of Sinai and Its Georgian Translation: Studies in Christian Archeology, IX, 2016-2017, pp.163-193.
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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Literature in Georgian Patristics (Academic year 2017-18, 2nd semester, Master’s studies). |
History and Experience of Textological and Dogmatological Studies of the Georgian Literature in Patristics (Academic year 2014-15, Spring; Academic year 2011-12, Spring; Doctoral studies). |