James C. VanderKam (M / United States, 1946), scholar
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James C. VanderKam (b.1946) is an American scholar. Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN).
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. Member of the Enoch Seminar and of the Journal Henoch.
Works
Books
- Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees (Missoula 1977)
- Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition (Washington 1984)
- The Book of Jubilees: A Critical Text (Leuven 1989)
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (Grand Rapids 1994)
- Enoch: A Man for All Generations (Columbia, SC 1995)
- Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time (London 1998)
- From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (Leiden 2000)
- An Introduction to Early Judaism (Grand Rapids 2001)
- (with George W.E. Nickelsburg). 1 Enoch: A New Translation (Minneapolis 2004)
- The Book of Jubilees (Sheffield 2001)
- From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priest after the Exile (Minneapolis 2004)
Edited volumes
- No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith (Atlanta 1992)
- (with William Adler). The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity (Assen 1996)
- (with Peter W. Flint). The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years: A Comprehensive Assessment (Leiden 1998)
- (with Eugene C. Ulrich). The Community of the Renewed Covenant (Notre Dame 1999)
- (with Lawrence H. Schiffman). Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (New York 2000)
- (with Peter W. Flint). The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, and Christianity (San Francisco 2002)