Anna Koltsiou – Nikita

Brief CV

Anna Koltsiou-Nikita is a Professor of Ancient Greek at the Department of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Government Gazette 112 / 18-2-2010), where she teaches language and translation of Biblical and Patriarchal texts and palaeography. He is a graduate of the Department of Classical Studies of the School of Philosophy of AUTh and of the Department of Theology of the Theological School of AUTh. He holds a master’s degree from the Department of History of Archeology of the AUTh School of Philosophy and a doctorate from the Department of Philology of the AUTh School of Philosophy. Her research interests concern the study of the manuscript tradition and the critical edition as well as the language (Greek and Latin) and translation of the texts of the Christian literature. She is the Director of the Biblical Secretariat and Religious Studies Department as well as of the Biblicum Scientific Meeting. He is also a member of the Studies Committee of AUTh., Of the KEEP Network (Textual and Interpretive Ecclesiastical Tradition) of the Research Committee of AUTh. and the Society of Greek-speaking Translators.

Main publications:

I. Books:

• Dimitriou Kidoni, Translation of the pseudo-Augustine Soliloquia, Athens 2005

• Foulgentiou, To Petros on faith, Thessaloniki 1999 • The prestige of the Church Fathers. An unpublished letter treatise, Thessaloniki 2000

• Linguistic views and aspects in the texts of the Cappadocian Fathers, Thessaloniki 2005

• Translation issues of the Greek-speaking and Latin-speaking Christian literature, Thessaloniki 2009.

II. Articles:

“The role of translation and interpreters in the theological dialogue between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West”, in Friendship and Society, Thessaloniki 2008, 300-323,

“San Giovanni Crisostomo e l ‘Occidente: Le latduzioni latine delle sue opera”, in L. Bianchi, San Giovanni Crisostomo ponte tra Oriente e Occidente, Padova 2009, 115-136,

“Traduzione di opera di s. Agostino in greco. Motivi e finalita”, στο L. Bianchi, Sant ‘Agostino nella tradizione christiana occidentale e rientale, Padova 2011, 245-259,

“The” limits “of a hagiological translation: Findings on the occasion of the Latin translations of the Martyrdom and the Miracles of Saint Demetrius during the Middle Ages”, in Eis Martyrion to Ethnesi, Thessaloniki 2011, 337-367,

“The language of Christian literature”, in History of Orthodoxy, vol. 2, Athens 2009, 452-540, “The praise of Agios Dimitrios by Nikiforos Grigoras and his literary background”, in SYNTHESIS, vol. 1, issue 1, 2012, 17-33,

“The contribution of pre-Christian literature to the deconstruction of the ancient Greek religion”, in Pavlia theology and modern paganism. Veria 2006, 161-177,

“The ‘Bishop’s Mirror’ in the pastoral letters and its secretarial context”, in The Spiritual Legacy of the Apostle Paul. Pastoral Letters, Thessaloniki 2004, 241-264.

CV – SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (pdf)