Victor Sasson

Victor Sasson

Dr.Victor Sasson (born in Baghdad)cite web | url =http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/author.asp?author_id=169054&penname=Victor++Sasson | title =Victor books online | accessdate =2007-08-18 | publisher =iuniverse.com] is a British-educated Iraqi Jewish writer. He holds academic degrees from the University of London, including an American PhD. His work entails publications on biblical texts, and on Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions in major journals. He has taught Hebrew, Arabic, and English. As well as living in Baghdad, he also lived in Jerusalem, London, Johannesburg, and New York. He is Associate Member of the Columbia University Seminar on Shakespeare and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. This is his first published novel.A biblical scholar, he has deciphered and translated Hebrew, Aramaic, and Edomite epigraphic texts.cite web | url =http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/author.asp?author_id=169054&penname=Victor++Sasson | title =Victor books online | accessdate =2007-08-18 | publisher =iuniverse.com]

Bibliography

* "Destined To Die" (2004)
* "Confessions of a Sheep for Slaughter "
* "Dr. Bush and Mr. Hide "
* "King Jehoash and the Mystery of the Temple of Solomon Inscription"

References

External links

* [http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/new/english/sasson.htm Babylon Jewry]


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