Emad Botros is a Global Field Staff with Canadian Baptist Ministries, serving in Lebanon since 2015 as Assistant Professor of Old Testament at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Emad Botros has been teaching in the fields of Old Testament and biblical theology since 2014. He is passionate about developing biblical theology of the Old Testament in the context of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). His research has focused above all on the intersection of the biblical texts and the Qur’an, with major interest in the character of God. During his master research degree, Emad focused on the intersection of the Book of Exodus and the Qur’an, with a particular interest in the Golden Calf Narrative. His doctoral studies focused on the intersection of the Minor Prophets Corpus and the Qur’an, particularly reading the Book of Jonah in the MENA context.

Education

Bachelor of Theology (2003), Arab Baptist Theological Seminary

Master of Arts (2013), McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, ON, CA)

Thesis: The Merciful and Compassionate God: Biblical Theology in an Islamic Context

Doctorate in Christian Theology - Old Testament (2021), McMaster Divinity College, Ontario, Canada.

Dissertation: The Merciful and Gracious God: Biblical Theology of Jonah in the Context of Islam

 Research Interest

• The Pentateuch: Exodus
• Historical Books: Chronicles
• Minor Prophets: Jonah-Nahum (The character of God and the nations).
• Biblical Theology of the OT
• The Character of God in the Old Testament
• Intertextuality: The Qur’an and the Bible- Prophets

 Courses

• Advanced OT Studies – Master Level
• Old Testament Intro and Survey
• OT Interpretation
• Reading Jonah in a Middle Eastern/Islamic Context
• Reading Exodus in a Middle Eastern/Islamic Context
• Biblical Theology of Discipleship
• Prophetic Reading of Society
• Research Methods

 Research Publications

Botros, Emad. “The Reception History of the Character of Jonah in the Qur’an: Toward a Better Understanding of the Qur’an and Practical Implications for the Church.” In The Religious Other: A biblical Understanding of Islam, the Qur’an, and Muhamad. Edited by Martin Accad and Jonathan Andrews. Cumbria, UK: Langham Global Library, 2020.Research Publications

Botros, Emad. “The Reception History of the Character of Jonah in the Qur’an: Toward a Better Understanding of the Qur’an and Practical Implications for the Church.” In The Religious Other: A biblical Understanding of Islam, the Qur’an, and Muhamad. Edited by Martin Accad and Jonathan Andrews. Cumbria, UK: Langham Global Library, 2020.

 Forthcoming Publication

Botros, Emad. Jonah. Windows on the Biblical Text: Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam. Cumbria, UK: Langham Global Library.

Conference Papers

Botros, Emad. “Jonah and Yunus in Conversation.” Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.

________. “The Reception History of the Golden Calf Narrative: A Biblical Theology in a Middle Eastern- Islamic Context. Society of Biblical Literature, 2021.

________. “A Reading of the Character of Jonah in Islamic Thinking and its Influence on the Recent Arabic Translations.” Christian Arabic Heritage, 2023.