Dr. Bruce Wells

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsTheology,Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
KeywordsBiblical Law, Ancient Near Eastern Law, Judicial Procedure, Legal History

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPhiladelphia
InstitutionSaint Joseph's University
InstituteDepartment of Theology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Eckart OttoEvangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Abteilung Altes Testament, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2010Bruce Wells: Conditional Verdicts in Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Legal Texts. In: Reinhard Achenbach, “Um Gerechtigkeit und Recht zu üben” (Gen 18,9): Festschrift für Eckart Otto zum 65. Geburtstag. Harrassowitz, 2010. 34-44
2010Bruce Wells: The Hated Wife in Deuteronomic Law. In: Vetus Testamentum, 2010, 131-146
2009Raymond Westbrook, Bruce Wells: Everyday Law in Biblical Israel. Westminster John Knox, 2009
2009Bruce Wells: Introduction: The Idea of a Shared Tradition. In: Bruce Wells, F. Rachel Magdalene, Law from the Tigris to the Tiber. The Writings of Raymond Westbrook. Eisenbrauns, 2009. xi-xx
2009Bruce Wells: The Cultic Versus the Forensic: Judahite and Mesopotamian Judicial Procedures in the First Millennium BCE. In: Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2009, 205-232
2008F. Rachel Magdalene, Bruce Wells, Cornelia Wunsch: Pre-Trial Negotiations. The Case of the Run-Away Slave in Dar. 53. In: Iraq, 2008, 205-213