e-mail: jtigay@sas.upenn.edu
Jeffrey H. Tigay, a 1995 winner of the Lindback Award for distinguished teaching, is A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Graduate Chair of the department. From 1995-1998 he was Chair of the Jewish Studies Program.
He received his B.A. in Ancient History from Columbia, Master of Hebrew Literature and Rabbinical Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Yale. His specialty is the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, particularly in its original ancient Near Eastern context. Dr. Tigay owes his dedication to Biblical studies and his love of teaching to his exposure to great teachers who showed him the profundity and uniqueness of Biblical thought, the beauty of Biblical literature, the excitement of research and how much can be discovered about the Bible with the help of archaeology and ancient languages. His greatest pleasures in teaching come from getting to know his students and sharing what he has learned with them.
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