James Kugel
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James Kugel is the author and editor of 16 books and numerous articles on the Bible and its early commentators, focusing on the Second Temple period. He identifies as an Orthodox Jew. ''Moment Magazine'' published a long-form profile called, "Professor of Disbelief," on James Kugel in their MARCH/APRIL 2014 issue.
In 2001, his book, the ''Bible As It Was'' won the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Grawemeyer Award in religion. The prize "recognizes outstanding and creative works that promote understanding of the relationship between human beings and the divine." ''The Bible As It Was'' was published in 1997 by Harvard University. It is the annotated version of a lengthier work, entitled ''Traditions of the Bible''. In 2007, ''How to Read the Bible'' was given the Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award by the Jewish Book Council. Kugel is a co-recipient of the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the Scholarship category for editing ''Outside the Bible'' with Louis H. Feldman and Lawrence H. Schiffman.
He earned his B.A. at Yale University (1968), was a Harvard University, Junior Fellow (1972-76), and earned his Ph.D. at City University of New York (1978). He lectured at Harvard University (1979-80), before moving to Yale as assistant professor, religious studies and comparative literature, (1980-82) and associate professor (1982). He became Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard (1982-2003), and in parallel professor of Bible, Bar Ilan University (1992-2013). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2012.
Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 156
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Published: [2019]
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Published: 2004.
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Published: [2019]
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Published: [2008]
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