Jorunn Jacobsen was born in Norway. She began her undergraduate studies during the 1960s. As an undergraduate student,she studied psychology,philosophy,and Ancient Greek,and eventually became interested in Gnosticism and Mandaeism. In 1971,she went to the University of Uppsala and then studied briefly at the University of Utrecht. She also visited Iran in 1973 to conduct fieldwork on the Mandaeans. In 1975,she began her doctoral studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School and received a Ph.D. in 1978.[4] Her doctoral thesis was titled Spirit Ruha in Mandaean Religion.
Career
Jorunn Buckley has conducted fieldwork twice in Iran,in 1973 and 1996,as well as among Mandaean diaspora communities around the world. She has regularly collaborated with Mandaic scholars such as Kurt Rudolph and Rudolf Macúch.[4]
Buckley is also known for her work as a legal witness in Mandaean immigration asylum claims. In 1995,the Executive Office for Immigration Review of the U.S. Department of Justice certified Buckley as an expert witness on the Mandaeans.[5]:61
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