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Dr. George L. Parsenios

Adjunct Professor of New Testament
Email: 
george.parsenios@ptsem.edu

George L. Parsenios is an associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 2002 and was granted tenure in 2009. His teaching and research explore the interaction of early Christianity with classical literature, with particular attention on the Gospel of John. He regularly teaches courses at PTS on the Gospel of John, First Corinthians, and Paul the Pastor.  He has given lectures and retreats at Orthodox Churches around the country, and is a member at the St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Flemington, N.J., with his wife Maureen and their three children, Nicholas, Julia, and Constantine.

Education: 


  • M.A. (Classics) Duke University

  • M.Div. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

  • Ph.D. Yale University

Publications: 


  • Rhetoric and Drama in the Johannine Lawsuit Motif, WUNT 1.258; Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2010.

  • Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell Discourses in Light of Greco-Roman Literature, NovTSup 117; Leiden: 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.

  • "'All Things to All People' (1 Cor 9:22): Hellenism in the New Testament," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly (2010) 393-404.

Presentations: 


  • "Hellenism in the New Testament," at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, in the Symposium "Orthodoxy and Hellenism," June 2010.

  • "Investigative Seeking and Legal Reversal in the Gospel of John and the Oedipus Rex of Sophocles," at Princeton University, sponsored by the Program in Hellenic Studies, March 2011.

  • "Christology and the Legal Pursuit of Jesus in the Gospel of John," in the Department of Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica (Greece), June 2011.

Teaching Experience: 

Princeton Theological Seminary, since 2002: presently tenured Associate Professor of New Testament

Church & Professional Activities: 


  • Member of St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, Flemington, N.J.

  • Lectures and parish retreats in Orthodox churches throughout North America