Dr. Jacob L. Wright, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Professor Wright taught for several years at the University of Heidelberg before coming to Candler, where he offers courses on biblical interpretation, the history and archaeology of ancient Israel, and Northwest Semitic languages. He is the author of a number of articles on Ezra-Nehemiah as well as Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and Its Earliest Readers which won a 2008 Templeton prize (the largest prize for first books in religion). In addition to responsibilities in the excavations at Ramat Rachel (located outside Jerusalem), he is currently writing articles and a book that examine the role war and the military played in ancient Israelite society.
Contact
Dr. Jacob L. Wright
Cannon Chapel
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
Phone: 404.727.4157
Fax: 404.727.2494
Email: jlwrigh@emory.edu
Education
- DrTheol, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany, 2003
- BA, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1996
Publications
- Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and Its Earliest Readers (Walter de Gruyter 2004)