ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION

Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski

in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Ran HaCohen, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Menachem Kellner, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford

Name
Dr. David Thomas

Function
Reader in Christianity and Islam

Address
University of Birmingham
Elmfield House
Selly Oak
Birmingham, B29 6LQ
United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8373
Fax +44 (0)121 415 8376
E-Mail d.r.thomas.1@bham.ac.uk

Biography
Dr David Thomas has been a student and teacher of Christian-Muslim relations for over twenty-five years.

After obtaining undergraduate degrees in English and Theology at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he taught for two years in the Sudan where he first became acquainted with Islam. He undertook PhD research at the University of Lancaster in the field of early Christian-Muslim relations, and then worked for some years in parish and chaplaincy positions in the Church of England. He is currently Reader in Christianity and Islam in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. His research interests include the history of Christian-Muslim Relations, and Islamic philosophy and theology.

He is editor of the journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and managing editor of the Brill texts and studies series The History of Christian-Muslim Relations.

Among his recent publications are:
Early Muslim Anti-Christian Polemic, Abu `Isa al-Warraq’s “Against the Incarnation”, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002
A Faithful Presence, essays for Kenneth Cragg, ed. with Clare Amos, London: Melisende, 2003
Christians at the Heart of Islamic Rule, Church Life and Scholarship in `Abbasid Iraq, ed. (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 1), Leiden: Brill, 2003
Muslim-Christian Polemic during the Crusades, the letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Abi Talib’s Response, ed. with R. Ebied (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 2), Leiden: Brill, 2005