John Kaltner | Associate Professor
Office: 413 Clough Hall |  Phone: 843-3407  | Email: kaltner@rhodes.edu
John Kaltner is the Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations. He teaches courses in the Bible, Islam, and Arabic.

Education

Ph.D., Drew University, Hebrew Bible
S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute; Diploma, Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies
M.A., Maryknoll School of Theology
B.A., State University of New York at Oswego


Courses

Arabic 099 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ARABIC

Humanities 201 - SEARCH: VALUES IN HIST & RELGN

Religious Studies 101 - INTRO TO BIBLICAL TRADITION

Religious Studies 101 - THE BIBLE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

Religious Studies 258 - TOPICS: ISLAM & ACTIVISM

Religious Studies 258 - TOPICS: INTRO TO ISLAM

Religious Studies 258 - TOPICS: ISLAM

Religious Studies 259 - TOPICS: ISLAM

Religious Studies 277 - TOPICS: VIOLENCE & THE BIBLE

Religious Studies 277 - TOPICS: NARRATIVE IN HEBREW BIBLE

Religious Studies 301 - TOPICS: BIBLE & QURAN


Selected Publications

The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content (with Steven L. McKenzie). Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007.

What Do Our Neighbors Believe? Questions and Answers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (with Howard Greenstein and Kendra Hotz). Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2007.

Inspired Speech: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East. Essays in Honor of Herbert B. Huffmon. Edited with Louis Stulman. London: T & T Clark International, 2004.

Islam: What Non-Muslims Should Know. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003.

Inquiring of Joseph: Getting to Know a Biblical Character through the Qur’an. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2003.

Beyond Babel: A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages. Edited with Steven L. McKenzie. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002; Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002.

Ishmael Instructs Isaac: An Introduction to the Qur’an for Bible Readers. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1999.

The Use of Arabic in Biblical Hebrew Lexicography. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 28. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1996.