Spiros Zodhiates (Greek:Σπύρος Ζωδιάτης; March 13, 1922^[1] – October 10, 2009)[1]^[2] was aGreek-AmericanBible scholar, author, and ministry innovator. He was best known for his work in developingAMG (Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel) International, aChristianmissions and relief agency with operations in over 40 countries. He is also known for publishingThe Hebrew-Greek KeyWord Study Bible,^[3] which indexes key terms in theEnglish Bible with the words they were translated from in the original languages.

Zodhiates was born ofGreek parents on the island ofCyprus. After completing his Greek education, he attended theAmerican University in Cairo, Egypt, received hisTh.B. degree from the National Bible Institute (laterShelton College, which closed its doors in 1990) inNew York City, and hisM.A. fromNew York University. In 1978 he earned hisDoctor of Theology degree fromLuther Rice Seminary of Lithonia, GA. 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 (nowAMG International), of which he became president in 1966. Under Zodhiates' leadership, AMG grew from a small ministry focusing on the land of Greece to a worldwide evangelistic and relief ministry. AMG, founded in 1943 in New York City and presently located inChattanooga, Tennessee, provides a wide range of social services, including care fororphans andleprosy 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 forradio 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 theGreek language as a springboard, Zodhiates took to the airwaves, teaching theNew Testament in light of the original Greek meaning of the words used. Zodhiates’ program,New Testament Light, began on one station in ruralPennsylvania, and in its heyday was heard across the United States andCanada. 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 launchedPulpit 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 atelevision show during the 1980s and was broadcast on numerous stations through the mid-1990s.

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]

In addition toThe 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-wordcommentaries on the books of the New Testament. He started a book house,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 theModern Greek pronunciation ofClassical andKoine Greek into U.S. colleges and universities throughA 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 asJ. Gresham Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners, Summers', Davis', and Hadjiantoniou's grammars.

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