Study of the Johannine Symbol of the Good Shepherd (Jn 10:1-18) with Particular Reference to "Ofo" Symbol in Igbo, Nigeria: New Testament Studies in Contextual Exegesis. Neutestamentliche Studien zur kontextuellen Exegese

Livinus Okey Maduadichie is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy (B. Phil.), and a Bachelor's degree in Theology (B. Th.) from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. From the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, he obtained Master's degree of Religious Studies, and Master's degree of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion. He did his doctoral research in the New Testament Intercultural Exegesis at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany where he obtained Doctorate degree in Theology.

The Concept of the Johannine Symbol -The Exegetical Study of the Symbol of the Good Shepherd as the Paradigm of the Johannine Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel - The Exegetical Analysis of «Ofo» Ritual Symbol - The Reading of the Johannine Symbol of the Good Shepherd in the Context and Hermeneutical Perspective of Igbo with particular reference to «Ofo»: an Igbo Ritual Symbol