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Michael Penn is the Teresa Hihn Moore Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, specializing in the history of early Christianity with a particular focus on Middle Eastern Christians and the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. His publications include 'Kissing Christians: Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church' (2005) and two significant works on Christian-Muslim relations, including 'Envisioning Islam: Syriac Christians in the Early Muslim World' (2015) and 'Christians Meet Muslims: A Source Book of the Earliest Syriac Writings on Islam' (2015). Professor Penn has received numerous prestigious awards from organizations such as the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is currently involved in a collaboration supported by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to analyze ancient Aramaic manuscripts using advanced computerized handwriting analysis. His professional experience also includes teaching roles at Mount Holyoke College and Brandeis University, along with research positions at notable institutions like Apple, NASA, and the Weizmann Institute in Israel.
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