Michael Coogan

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

B.A., Fordham University
Ph.D., Harvard University


E-mail: mcoogan@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508)-565-1221
Office: Duffy, 220-C

Michael D. Coogan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Stonehill College and Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. He has also taught at Harvard University, Boston College, Wellesley College, Fordham University, and the University of Waterloo (Ontario), and has participated in and directed archaeological excavations in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, and Egypt.

One of the leading biblical scholars in the United States, he is author of The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew ScripturesThe Oxford Companion to the Bible,The Oxford History of the Biblical WorldThe New Jerome Biblical Commentary.

Recent Publication:
The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction ( New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)