Oliver Leaman is a Professor of Philosophy and Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies. He has been teaching at the University of Kentucky since August 2000, and is particularly interested in Islamic, Jewish and Eastern philosophy. He has got his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1979.
Competent, clear, a bit too simple. Very useful in relating Maimonides to his Arabic philosophy context, and useful in its anti-esoteric approach (which nicely counters the popular esoteric approaches to Maimonides).