Jewish Quest

117 - Mishpatim with Professor Jacob Wright

February 09, 2024 Jewish Quest
117 - Mishpatim with Professor Jacob Wright
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Jewish Quest
117 - Mishpatim with Professor Jacob Wright
Feb 09, 2024
Jewish Quest

Professor Jacob Wright explores the evolution of Shabbat. 

Professor Jacob L. Wright is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the Director of Graduate Studies in Emory’s Tam Institute of Jewish Studies. His doctorate is from Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. He is the author of Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and its Earliest Readers (which won a Templeton prize) and David, King of Israel, Caleb in Biblical Memory and Why The Bible Began 

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Professor Jacob Wright explores the evolution of Shabbat. 

Professor Jacob L. Wright is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the Director of Graduate Studies in Emory’s Tam Institute of Jewish Studies. His doctorate is from Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. He is the author of Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and its Earliest Readers (which won a Templeton prize) and David, King of Israel, Caleb in Biblical Memory and Why The Bible Began