Norwegian-American religious studies scholar (born 1944)
Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
Born
Jorunn Jacobsen
1944
Norway
Citizenship
American
Norwegian
Occupation
Professor
Spouse
Thomas Buckley
Children
Jesse Buckley
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Chicago Divinity School (Ph.D., 1978)
Thesis
Spirit Ruha in Mandaean Religion (1978)
Academic work
Institutions
Bowdoin College
Main interests
Mandaeism
History of religion[1]
Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born Jorunn Jacobsen, 1944) is a Norwegian-American religious studies scholar and historian of religion known for her work on Mandaeism and Gnosticism. She was a former Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College. She is known for translating the Scroll of Exalted Kingship and other Mandaean texts,[2] as well as for her various books on the Mandaean religion and people.[3] Her interests include Mandaean genealogy and anthropology.
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^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1993). The Scroll of Exalted Kingship: Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriented Society.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002), The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-515385-9
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