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812-855-2011
Office Address: Sycamore 221
ackerman [at] indiana [dot] edu

Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

James S. Ackerman

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

Interests:

Religion, Religious Studies

Education:

  • B.A. at Northwestern University, 1955
  • in Th.D. at Harvard University, 1966

Background:

  • Specializes in literary analysis and interpretation of the Bible and teaches classes on the Bible as literature.
  • Authority on the religions and literatures of Israel and the ancient Near East.
  • Ordained minister who holds a doctor of theology degree from Harvard.