John Thomas

Who is John Thomas?

John Christopher Thomas is a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary.

Thomas received the B.A. degree from Lee College in 1976, his M.A. from the Church of God School of Theology in 1977, the M.Div. from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1978, a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1979 and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 1990. Thomas has been a member of the full-time faculty of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary since 1982.

As a New Testament scholar, Thomas' work has been published in several leading international journals: New Testament Studies, Novum Testamentum, Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, and Journal for the Study or the New Testament. He has authored a major study entitled Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine Community, published a collection of his essays, Ministry and Theology: Studies for the Church and Its Leaders, and has recently completed a major commentary entitled The Apocalypse: A Literary and Theological Commentary and a significant monograph on healing entitled The Devil, Disease, and Deliverance: Origins of Illness in New Testament Thought. Several other recent books of his include: He Loved Them until the End: The Farewell Materials in the Gospel according to John; The Pentecostal Commentary on 1 John, 2 John, 3 John; and The Spirit of the New Testament.