Jacob L. Wright

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Jacob L. Wright is an associate professor of religion specializing in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament at Emory University. His areas of expertise include the archeology of ancient Israel, the composition history of the Bible, and warfare in the Ancient Near East. He studied at the University of Missouri, went on to receive a Doctor Theologiae degree from the University of Göttingen, and taught at Heidelberg University.

In addition to solo authoring peer-reviewed journal articles,[1] Dr. Wright wrote the book Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers,[2] adhering to the supplementation school of Hebrew Bible scholarship. In 2012, he published in the Huffington Post on the Cyrus Cylinder.[3] He has also contributed to other media endeavors, such as a co-authored piece on the permissibility of certain wartime actions.

In 2014, Dr. Wright introduced the MOOC on coursera, Bible's Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future, to a worldwide audience of learners.[4] The book is framed by imports from the academic discipline of War Studies -- especially how collective memories of peoplehood are shaped through war and conflict, and that any peoplehood thinking cannot be apolitical.[5]

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  1. ^ "Jacob Wright | Emory University - Academia.edu".
  2. ^ "De Gruyter".
  3. ^ Wright, Jacob L.; ContributorC; Theology, ler School of; University, Emory (2012-03-06). "The Cyrus Cylinder And A Dream For The Middle East". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-04-05. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Emory on Coursera: The Bible's prehistory, purpose and political future". news.emory.edu. 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  5. ^ "War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible | Biblical studies - Old Testament, Hebrew bible". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2022-01-06.

4. Justice, E. (2014). Emory on Coursera: The Bible's prehistory, purpose and political future. https://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/05/coursera_bible/campus.html

5. Wright, Jacob L. (2020). War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible. Cambridge University Press Open Access. https://www.cambridge.org/bd/academic/subjects/religion/biblical-studies-old-testament-hebrew-bible/war-memory-and-national-identity-hebrew-bible?format=HB&isbn=9781108480895

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