Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem
Heath Thomas (PhD, University of Gloucestershire) is Associate Professor of Old Testament & Hebrew and the Director of PhD Studies at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina (USA) and is Fellow of Old Testament Studies at the Paideia Centre for Public Theology in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of a number of books: Poetry and Theology in the Book of Lamentations(Sheffield Phoenix), Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem(with Paul Copan and Jeremy Evans, IVP Academic),Great is Thy Faithfulness? Toward Reading Lamentations as Christian Scripture(with Robin Parry, Pickwick Press)'Until He Looks Down and Sees': The Message and Meaning of the Book of Lamentations (Grove Books). He has forthcoming volumes on Habakkuk (Eerdmans) and the Minor Prophets (with Craig Bartholomew, IVP Academic). Heath is currently working with Craig Bartholomew on A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation(Baker Academic) and with Bruce Ashford on a volume centered upon Gospel and Mission(Baker Academic). His research interests lie in the theology of suffering, biblical prophecy, the challenge of divine violence, and a theology of prayer. Heath enjoys fly-fishing and reading the prose of Umberto Eco and Paulo Coelho (and recently the works of Chinua Achebe).