Spiros Zodhiates was born on the island of Cyprus, of Greek parents. After completing his Greek education, he attended the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and New York University in the United States. He holds the degrees of Th.B., M.A. and Thd. In 1946 he came to the United States at the invitation of American Mission to Greeks, Inc., of which he is now President. Founded in 1942, it was a one-room, two-part-time-employee organization when Spiros Zodhiates undertook its leadership. Now, as AMG International, it occupies its own international headquarters building at 6815 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and carries on a world-wide evangelistic and relief ministry.
The author is a recognized authority on the Greek New Testament, and edited an edition of the Modern Greek New Testament published by the Million Testaments Campaigns and the American Bible Society. He is the author of numerous exegetical Bible-study books and booklets in both Greek and English.
Spiros Zodhiates speaks daily and Sunday on the New Testament Light radio program, released over a special network of stations across the United States and in Canada. This is an English-language program, primarily concerned with expounding the Greek New Testament. He is responsible for introducing the Modern Greek pronunciation of Classical and Koine Greek into U.S. colleges and universities, through a Guide to Modern Greek Pro-nunciation and his tape recordings of the entire Koine New Testament (Nestle’s Text) in Modern pronunciation. These recordings are available on cassettes. They may be ordered from AMG Publishers, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37422.