Jack M. Sasson
Author of Jonah: A New Translation with Introduction, Commentary, and Interpretation (Anchor Bible)
About the Author
Jack M. Sasson is the Werthan Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies and Director of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee (USA).
Works by Jack M. Sasson
Jonah: A New Translation with Introduction, Commentary, and Interpretation (Anchor Bible) (1990) 270 copies
Judges 1-12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) (2014) — Translator; Author — 35 copies
Ruth: A New Translation With a Philological Commentary And a Formalist-folklorist Interpretation (Biblical Seminar) (1979) 24 copies
Associated Works
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. (2008) — Contributor — 89 copies, 2 reviews
Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (2003) — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1941-10-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Education
- Brandeis University (Ph.D., Mediterranean Studies)
Brooklyn College (BA, History) - Occupations
- professor
- Awards and honors
- Professor, Collège de France (2009)
President, International Association for Assyriology (2005-2009)
Loy H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies, UNC, Charlotte (2005)
E. Maynard Adams Lecture in the Humanities and Human values, UNC, Chapel Hil (2001)
Chuen King Lectures, Chinese University, Hong Kong (2000)
Distinguished Scholar (Brigham Young University; Ben Gurion University, Beersheva) (1997-1998) (show all 15)
Visiting Scholar, École Pratique des hautes Études (1997)
President, American Oriental Society (1996-1997)
Director, Dupont Summer Seminars for Liberal Arts College Faculty: "The Hebrew Bible in Cultural Contexts" (1996)
Fellow, National Humanities Center (1994-1995)
President, AAUP, UNC-CH (1993-1994)
President, Society for Biblical Literature (SE) (1988)
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem (1982-1983)
Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers: "Folklore Research in the Ancient Near Eastern Narrative" (1979)
Society for Religion in Higher Education: Post-Doctoral Award for Cross-Disciplinary Studies, To study the phenomenology of religion in Leiden, The Netherlands (1969-)
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