Arabic Contemporary Commentary
edited by Andrea Zaki Stephanous
- 2504 pages
- One-Volume Commentaries .
The Arabic Contemporary Commentary is the first of its kind in the Middle East, written in Arabic, by Arabic Christian scholars, which offers Arab theological thinking with a great deal of diversity and pluralism to interpreters. This work is the result of an effort over many years, with 48 writers from six Arab countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Kuwait. ANDREA ZAKI STEPHANOUS has a BTh from Cairo Evangelical Seminary, an MA in Theological Studies from Eastern University, Pennsylvania, and a PhD from the University of Manchester. He is general director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), president of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, and president of the Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches. Dr Zaki teaches at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, and is the author of Jesus and Historical Criticism: The Story of the Conflict between Salvation and Social Change and Copts and Revolution. His other book, Political Islam, Citizenship and Minorities: The Future of Arab Christians in the Middle East, has been published in Arabic, English and German. He has also written numerous articles for Arab and English news media and Christian magazines.