James R. Davila

James R. Davila

Dr. James R. Davila is a Reader in Early Jewish Studies and current Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews.cite web
url = http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/jrd4.html
title = James R. Davila
accessdate = 2007-10-16
work = Staff
publisher = St Mary's College, St Andrews] A specialist in Second Temple Judaism and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Davila is a Participants at the Enoch seminar and a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Henoch.

Education

Davila received his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982, his M.A. from the same institution in 1983, and his Ph.D from Harvard University in 1988. All degrees were awarded summa cum laude. His doctoral thesis was entitled "Unpublished Pentateuchal Manuscripts from Cave IV, Qumran: 4QGenExa, Genb-h, Genj-k".

Publications

Davila has authored, contributed, or edited numerous books and articles.cite web
url = http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ewww_sd/jrd4_pubs.html
title = Publications and Research
accessdate = 2007-10-16
work = James R. Davila
publisher = St Mary's College, St Andrews]

Books

*cite book
title = The Provenance of the Pseudepigrapha: Jewish, Christian, or Other?
year = 2005
publisher = Brill Publishers
location = Leiden; Boston, MA
isbn = 9789004137523
oclc = 61309430
id = LCCN|2005|0|52633
*cite book
title = Descenders to the chariot: the people behind the Hekhalot literature
year = 2001
publisher = Brill Publishers
location = Leiden; Boston, MA
isbn = 9789004115415
oclc = 47756234
id = LCCN|2001|0|46476
*cite book
title = Liturgical works
year = 2000
publisher = William B. Eerdmans
location = Grand Rapids, Michigan
isbn = 9780802843807
oclc = 45136613
id = LCCN|00|0|49471

References

External links

* [http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/ PaleoJudaica.com: A weblog on ancient Judaism and its context] , Davila's blog
* [http://www.enochseminar.org/ Enoch Seminar website]
* [http://www.henochjournal.org/ Journal Henoch website]

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