Jeffrey Howard Tigay (born December 25, 1941) is a modern
biblical
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scholar who is best known for the study of
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy ( grc, Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronómion, second law) is the fifth and last book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called (Hebrew: hbo, , Dəḇārīm, hewords Moses.html"_;"title="f_Moses">f_Moseslabel=none)_and_th ...
and in his contributions to the Deuteronomy volume of the ''JPS Torah Commentary'' (1996).
Biography
Jeffrey H. Tigay was born in Detroit in 1941.
Educated at
Columbia University
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and gaining his B.A. in 1963, he continued toward rabbinic ordination at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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(M.H.L., 1966).
He earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...
. Tigay taught in the Jewish Studies program at the
University of Pennsylvania
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from 1971 until his retirement in 2010, and is currently the A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Emeritus.
Works
*''Literary-Critical Studies in the Gilgamesh Epic: an Assyriological contribution to Biblical literary criticism'' (Yale University Press, 1971)
*''The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982)
*''Empirical Models for Biblical Criticism'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985)
*''You Shall Have No Other Gods. Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions'' (Harvard Semitic Studies/Scholars Press, 1986)
*''Studies in Midrash and related literature'' co-authored with
Judah Goldin
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Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms
* Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...
,
Barry L. Eichler (Jewish Publication Society, 1988)
*''Deuteronomy (Devarim): the traditional Hebrew text with the new JPS translation'' (Jewish Publication Society, 1996)
*''Tehillah le-Moshe: Biblical and Judaic studies in honor of Moshe Greenberg'' co-authored with
Moshe Greenberg Moshe Greenberg (Hebrew: משה גרינברג; July 10, 1928 – May 15, 2010) was an American rabbi, Bible scholar, and professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
BiographyMordechai Cogan
Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed.
Biblical ac ...
,
Barry L. Eichler (Eisenbrauns, 1997)
References
External links
Jeffrey H. Tigay's faculty profile
1941 births
Living people
Jewish biblical scholars
American biblical scholars
20th-century American Jews
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Yale University alumni
Columbia University alumni
20th-century Jewish biblical scholars
21st-century American Jews
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