Danny P. Jackson
Biography:
Danny P. Jackson is a teacher of Greek and Latin with degrees in comparative literature and classical languages. Formerly a project editor for Prentice Hall, a freelance journalist, and a teacher of English and religion, he has done preliminary work on a poetic rendition of Enuma Elish, the world's first recorded creation story, also from the ancient Near Eastern milieu. Jackson's work has appeared in
The New York Times, National Catholic Reporter, English Journal, Phi Delta Kappan, Commonwealth, New Jersey Educational Review, Media & Methods, and
Ocean County Times Observer. Jackson is the author of
The Epic of Gilgamesh, Second Edition (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1997),
Gilgamis Destani (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2005), and
Gilgamesh: A Myth Revisited (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2001).