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Dr. Jacob L. Wright is a professor of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Emory University, which boasts one of the world's leading doctoral programs in biblical studies. Before coming to Emory, he taught at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.

As an American with a European education, he is widely known for his ability to blend a wide range of historical, religious, and geographical perspectives on the Bible. His writing and teaching are thoroughly interdisciplinary, demonstrating how the ideas of the Bible and other ancient writings bear directly on central problems that face our societies in modern times. He brings to his work first-hand acquaintance with archeological finds and primary sources from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece. ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 335 ratings · 76 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins 4.22 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David, King of Israel, and Caleb in Biblical Memory 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts by Brad E. Kelle (Editor), Frank Richtel Ames (Editor), Jacob L. Wright (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 348) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judah and the Judeans in the Achaemenid Period: Negotiating Identity in an International Context by Oded Lipschits (Editor), Gary N. Knoppers (Editor), Manfred Oeming (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	KING DAVID AND HIS REIGN REVISITED really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Supplementation and the Study of the Hebrew Bible (Brown Judaic Studies Book 361) by Saul M. Olyan, Jacob L. Wright (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making a Difference: Essays on the Bible and Judaism in Honor of Tamara Cohn Eskenazi (Hebrew Bible Monographs) by David J.A. Clines (Editor), Kent Harold Richards (Editor), Jacob L. Wright (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warfare, Ritual, and Symbol in Biblical and Modern Contexts by Brad E. Kelle, Frank Ritchel Ames (Editor), Jacob L. Wright (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He is Ahab, and the queen is Jezebel. They were members of a dynasty, called the Omrides, that consolidated the Northern kingdom, established its international repute, and promoted a culture in which Yhwh featured prominently. Without these efforts, we would have no Bible today.”
― Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

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“From the vantage point of the intended audience, the maternal maneuvering of this aged matriarch on her child’s behalf made possible their own existence.”
― Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

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“When the authors of the Exodus-Conquest Account incorporated Joshua into their narrative, they made a dramatic change to his identity: instead of saving a population and becoming their king, he is now a prolific regicide, warring against, and later executing, a myriad of monarchs”
― Jacob L. Wright, Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

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