Jeffrey H. Tigay
Biography:
Jeffrey H. Tigay is Emeritus Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Tigay received a BA in ancient history from Columbia University, a Masters of Hebrew Literature and Rabbinical Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a PhD in comparative biblical and ancient Near Eastern Studies from Yale. Tigay is the author or coeditor of numerous books, including
The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982; reprinted by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2002),
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), coeditor with Jodah Goldin and Barry L. Eichler of
Studies in Midrash and Related Literature (Jewish Publication Society, 1988),
The Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy (Jewish Publication Society,1996), and numerous scholarly articles and reviews.