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Jacob Anthony Wright (born 21 September 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City. He is an England youth international. [2] Club career. Wright played for the Manchester City academy in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy. [3] .
Jacob L. Wright is a biblical scholar currently serving as professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University. Prior to his Emory appointment, Wright taught at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), one of the foremost research-oriented public universities in Europe, for several years.
Aug 21, 2023 · Books. How the Authors of the Bible Spun Triumph from Defeat. History may be written by the victors, but the world’s most influential text comes from antiquity’s biggest losers. By Adam Gopnik....
Selected Courses. Dr. Jacob L. Wright serves as professor of Hebrew Bible at Candler and as an associate faculty member at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory. Prior to coming to Candler in 2007, Wright taught for several years at the University of Heidelberg, one of Europe’s oldest universities, renowned for biblical ...
- How and why did you choose to study Tanach academically? I got hooked on the Bible when I was living in Germany in 2000. I happened to be in Göttingen (Germany), a renowned center for the study of the Altes Testament (the German term for Old Testament/Hebrew Bible).
- Which Bible scholars or scholarly works have had the most influence on you? First and foremost, Reinhard Kratz. From the start I was in awe of his ability to get at the heart of a problem and, above all, to read a text with extraordinary nuance.
- How often do you think of or come across new ideas about Tanach? Can you briefly share an example of a new idea that recently caught your attention? Genuinely new ideas are rare, and they’re usually seriously flawed.
- Do you use traditional commentaries/meforshim, and if so, which do you find most useful and why? If not, why not? I rarely spend much time on a text without examining the Mikraot Gedolot or doing a search on the Bar Ilan database.
Nov 15, 2023 · Jacob Wright, a Hebrew Bible scholar and Emory professor, argues that the Bible emerged from the defeat and exile of ancient Israel and Judah. He explores how the Torah shaped a national identity based on G-d's relationship with the people.
Jacob L. Wright, a professor of Hebrew Bible at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, has now written a book that takes all the latest findings to help illustrate how the Hebrew...
