Safwat Marzouk
Associate Professor of Old Testament
Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary
S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
M.A.T.S., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo
B.Th., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo
S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
M.A.T.S., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo
B.Th., Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo
Biography
Safwat Marzouk, an Egyptian Presbyterian, was ordained as a pastor in 2002 by the Delta Presbytery of the Synod of the Nile (the governing body of the Presbyterian Church in Egypt), and in May 2021 he joined the Wabash Valley Presbytery of PC(USA). As a Christian Egyptian and migrant to the U.S., he interprets the Bible in ways that are interreligiously and interculturally sensitive seeking God’s shalom and justice for the vulnerable and the marginalized.
Research Interests
Safwat's research interests include thinking theologically about monsters in the Bible, Ancient Near East, and popular culture; Constructing the Other in the Old Testament; Middle Eastern Christian Hermeneutics; and Immigration and the Bible.
Selected Publications
Dr. Marzouk is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, as well as the author of three books: Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel; Exodus, Joshua, Ezekiel in the Arabic Contemporary Commentary; and Intercultural Church: A Biblical Vision for an Age of Migration. He is currently working on a commentary for the New Interpretation Series of Westminster John Knox Press: Exodus: A Commentary.