Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
Born
Jorunn Jacobsen

1944
Norway
Citizenship
  • American
  • Norwegian
OccupationProfessor
SpouseThomas Buckley
ChildrenJesse Buckley
Academic background
Education
Alma materUniversity of Chicago Divinity School (Ph.D., 1978)
ThesisSpirit Ruha in Mandaean Religion (1978)
Academic work
InstitutionsBowdoin College
Main interests

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born Jorunn Jacobsen, 1944) is a Norwegian-American religious studies scholar and historian of religion known for her work on Mandaeism and Gnosticism. She was a former Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College. She is known for translating the Scroll of Exalted Kingship and other Mandaean texts,[2] as well as for her various books on the Mandaean religion and people.[3] Her interests include Mandaean genealogy and anthropology.

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  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1993). The Scroll of Exalted Kingship: Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriented Society.
  3. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002), The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-515385-9