John Kaltner is the Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations. He teaches courses in the Bible, Islam, and Arabic.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jonah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (with Rhiannon Graybill and Steven L. McKenzie). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.
What Are They Saying about the Book of Jonah? (with Rhiannon Graybill and Steven L. McKenzie). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2023.
How the Qur’an Interprets the Bible: Comparing Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Scriptures (with Christopher Frechette). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2020.
What Do Our Neighbors Believe? Second Edition: Questions and Answers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (with Micah Greenstein and Kendra Hotz). Louisville: Westminster/John
Knox Press, 2019.
Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text (with Steven L. McKenzie). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2019.
The Bible and the Qur’an: Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition (with Younus Mirza). New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.
Reading the Old Testament Anew: Biblical Perspectives on Today’s Issues. Winona: Anselm Academic, 2017.
Islam: What Non-Muslims Should Know. Revised and expanded edition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
New Meanings for Ancient Texts: Recent Approaches to Biblical Criticisms and Their Applications. Edited with Steven L. McKenzie. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2013.
The Back Door Introduction to the Bible (with Steven L. McKenzie). Winona: Anselm Academic, 2012.
Introducing the Qur′an for Today′s Reader. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011.
The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book (with Steven L. McKenzie). San Francisco: HarperOne, 2008.
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.
Education
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
