Public lecture: The Prophet Jonah

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Professor Anthony H Johns will give a public lecture: 'The Prophet Jonah - An Odyssey through three religions' in the Campion Room, Heythrop College, from 2 - 4pm, this Tuesday, 8 November, 2011.

Professor Johns has held visiting appointments in Jerusalem, Toronto, Tokyo and Oxford, and spent many research periods in Cairo at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies during which time he published numerous essays in MIDEO.

He has published numerous major papers in journals, and chapters in books on various aspects of the Qur'an and Qur'anic exegesis, and on the vernacularisation of the foundation texts of Islam in Indonesia. Now Emeritus Professor, he is Visiting Fellow in the Division of Pacific and Asian History of the Research School of Asian and Pacific studies at the Australian National University.

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