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Alex P. Jassen

Alex P Jassen

Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor, Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies, Faculty of Arts & Science

Alex P. Jassen is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Dr. Jassen holds a B.A. in Jewish Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from New York University. He is the author of Mediating the Divine: Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism (Brill, 2007), winner of the 2009 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, Scripture and Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Cambridge University Press, 2014), as well as many articles in leading journals. He is the co-editor of Scripture, Violence, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity (Brill, 2010), and co-editor-in-chief of theJournal of Ancient Judaism (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht). His work on religious violence has been recognized with a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.