Jack M. Sasson | |
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| Born | October 1, 1941 |
| Nationality | Syrian, American |
| Occupation(s) | Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School |
| Board member of | president of the American Oriental Society , president of the International Association for Assyriology |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn College |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Cyrus Gordon |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Jewish studies Biblical studies Middle Eastern studies |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vanderbilt University |
| Main interests | Assyriology, Hebrew Scriptures |
| Notable works | Judges 1-12 (AYB) Jonah (AYB) |
Jack M. Sasson (born 1941) is the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Emeritus and previously Professor of Classics at Vanderbilt University.[1] From 1977 to 1999, he was a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research focuses primarily on Assyriology and Hebrew Scriptures, writing on the archives from eighteenth century BC found at Mari, Syria, by the Euphrates, near the modern-day Syria-Iraq border as well as on biblical studies.