James C. VanderKam (M / United States, 1946), scholar

James C. VanderKam (b.1946) is an American scholar, at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), USA.

Biography

PhD 1976 (Harvard University). Professor of Religion at North Carolina State University, 1976-91. Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame from 1991. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biblical Literature. Member of the Enoch Seminar and of the journal Henoch.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees (1977 VanderKam), book
• Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition (1984 VanderKam), book
• The Book of Jubilees: A Critical Text (1989 VanderKam), book
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994 VanderKam), book
• Enoch: A Man for All Generations (1995 VanderKam), book
• Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time (1998 VanderKam), book
• From Revelation to Canon (2000 VanderKam), book
• An Introduction to Early Judaism (2001 VanderKam), book
• 1 Enoch: A New Translation (2004 Nickelsburg/VanderKam), book
• The Book of Jubilees (2001 VanderKam), book
• The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002 VanderKam, Flint), book
• From Joshua to Caiaphas (2004 VanderKam), book

• 1 Enoch: 2. Book of Parables, Book of the Luminaries (2012 Nickelsburg, VanderKam), book

Edited volumes

• No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith (1992 VanderKam), edited volume
• The Community of the Renewed Covenant (1994 Ulrich/VanderKam), edited volume
• The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity (1995 VanderKam/Adler), edited volume
• (with Peter W. Flint). The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years: A Comprehensive Assessment (Leiden 1998)
• Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000 Schiffman/VanderKam), edited volume