Tony Maalouf

Associate Professor of Missions and Director of the MA in Islamic Studies Program

Education

• Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1998
  • Dissertation: "Ishmael in Biblical History"
• Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1994
• Postgraduate research in Human Microbiology, University of Montpellier, France, 1981-1982
• M.S. (Human Microbiology), University of Aix-Marseille, France, 1981
• M.S. (Natural Sciences), Lebanese University, Lebanon, 1980

Experience

• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Associate Professor of Missions, 2004-Present
  • Director of Islamic Studies Program, 2009-Present
  • Assistant Dean, 2005-2009
  • Courses offered: Arabs/Ishmael and Biblical History, Introduction to Missiology, Islamic History, Culture and Philosophy, Christian Inquiry to Islamic Faith and Practice, Pre-Islamic Christianity in the Middle East, Beginning Arabic I, Beginning Arabic II
• Instituto Iberoamericano de Estudios Transculturales (IIBET), Malago/Spain, 2009-Present 
  • Associate
• Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, 2006-Present
  • Adjunct Professor  
• Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan, Lebanon 
  • Visiting Professor, 2002-Present
  • Assistant Academic Dean, 2001-2002
  • Director of Translation and Publishing, 2001-2002
  • Resident Professor of Biblical Studies,1998-2002
• Magi Ministries International, 2002-Present
  • Chief Executive Officer
• Evangelical Free Church, Amman, Jordan, 1998-2002 
  • Senior Pastor 
• Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), Beirut, Lebanon, 1998-Present
  • Visiting Professor 
• Arab Chapel, mission of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 1990-98
  • Pastor
• College of the Constant Lighthouse, Rayfoun, Lebanon, 1984-89
  • Teacher 
• Manarah Christian Bookstores, Beirut, Lebanon, 1984-89
  • General Manager
• College Fréres Mont-La Salle, Ain-Saade, Lebanon, 1982-84 
  • High School Biology teacher

Courses Taught Abroad

• New Testament Backgrounds
• New Testament Introductions
• The Pentateuch
• Old Testament II and Poetry
• Old Testament Prophets
• Expository Preaching Application
• New Testament Survey
• Research Methods

Publications

• “Ishmaelites” in Lexham Bible Dictionary (Logos Bible Software), 2011 (forthcoming).
• “Job and Early Arab Monotheism,” MEATE Journal, (Summer 2010) (forthcoming)
• “Christianity and Human Rights,” a paper presented at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, March 3-6, 2011.
• “Vindicating Ishmael,” Kindred Spirits, vol. 33 (Summer 2009), no. 2.
• “Missions in the Context of Violence in the Middle East,” in Missions in Contexts of Violence, Evangelical Missiological Society Series no. 15, edited by Keith E. Eitel (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library Publishers, 2007)
• Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's Line, Kregel Publications, 2003.
• Nash’at al-’aalam wal-bashariyyah: qiraa’ah mu’aasirah lisifr al-takwîn (trans, Origin of the World and Humanity: A Modern Reading of the Book of Genesis). Beirut: Dar el-Jeel, 2001. Contributor
• "Were the Magi from Persia or Arabia?" Bibliotheca Sacra, 156 (Oct-Dec., 1999), 423-42.

Memberships 

• American Academy of Religion
• Evangelical Theological Society
• Society of Biblical Literature

Personal

• Spouse: Married
• Church Membership: Travis Avenue Baptist Church
• Interests: Speaking of the topic of Arabs in Biblical History worldwide Bible preaching and conferences
• Languages: Arabic, French, English, Hebrew, Greek, and German