Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity (Athanasios Despotis, Hermut Löhr, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli, and George van Kooten)

Session 1: George van Kooten (UK), “‘Double Birth’ in Euripides’ Bacchae and its Religio-Philosophical Application in John’s Gospel”; Respondent: Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui (Spain, Guest)

Session 2: Ilaria Ramelli (Italy),“John 1:1, the Question of the Article, and Origen’s Purporte ‘Subordinationistic’ Interpretation”; Respondent: Hermut Löhr (Germany)

Session 3: Rainer Hirsch-Luipold (Switzerland), “Theologische Grammatik im 1. Johannesbrief und seiner religiös-philosophischen Umwelt”; Respondent: Athanasios Despotis (Germany)