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A Teacher for All Generations (2 vols.): Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam

These essays honor James C. VanderKam on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday and twentieth year on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. Essays from an international group…

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Enoch and the Growth of and Apocalyptic Tradition

James C VanderKam

VanderKam carries further an investigation of the relation between wisdom and apocalypse. He shows that not simply wisdom, but mantic wisdom has informed the authors of 1 Enoch 1-36, 73-107…

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From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature

James C. VanderKam

This is a collection of essays that offer studies of texts, traditions, and themes from the Hebrew Bible and the literature of the second-temple period. It includes studies of apocalypticism…

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Enoch: A Man for All Generations

James C. VanderKam

Credited with predicting the flood and foretelling a second punishment but mentioned only briefly in the Hebrew Bible, Enoch is one of the most intriguing yet little-known characters of ancient…

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Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time

James C. VanderKam

Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts.

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Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible

James C. VanderKam

Six of the seven chapters in The Dead Sea scrolls and the Bible began as the Speaker’s Lectures at Oxford University, delivered during the first two weeks of May 2009…

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Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees

James C. Vanderkam

Originally presented as the author’s thesis, Harvard, 1976.

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Enoch and the Growth of and Apocalyptic Tradition

James C VanderKam

VanderKam carries further an investigation of the relation between wisdom and apocalypse. He shows that not simply wisdom, but mantic wisdom has informed the authors of 1 Enoch 1-36, 73-107…

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An Introduction to Early Judaism

James C VanderKam

A concise introduction to Second Temple Judaism that surveys history, literature, archaeological discoveries, and major Jewish institutions of the time –

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Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time

James C. VanderKam

This text explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts.

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Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time

James C. VanderKam

‘Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls’ explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts.

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No One Spoke Ill of Her: Essays on Judith

James C. VanderKam

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From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile

James C. VanderKam

From one of the most authoritative and respected scholars of early Judaism comes this unique history of the central actors in Israel’s religious and civil history from after the exile…

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Dead Sea Scrolls Today

James C. VanderKam

Best-selling book on the Scrolls, updated to reflect current scholarship and recent debates The premier Dead Sea Scrolls primer ever since its original publication in 1994, James VanderKam’s Dead Sea…

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Book of Jubilees

James VanderKam

The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish retelling of Genesis and the first half of Exodus, was an important work for the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This Guide, following…

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The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, Volume 1: A Comprehensive Assessment

Peter Flint,James C VanderKam

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The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, Volume 2: A Comprehensive Assessment

Peter Flint,James C VanderKam

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The Meaning Of The Dead Sea Scrolls

James C Vanderkam,Peter Flint

The definitive introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls by two of the most prominent scholars in the field–the one book that teaches students and lay readers all they need to…

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The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity, Volume 4

William Adler,James C. VanderKam

The question of apocalyptic influence on Jesus and early Christianity is again strongly contested. The issues connected with this question include terminology, genre, historical reconstruction, sectarian self-definition, and many others…

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Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls

James C. VanderKam

With contributions from 100 scholars representing diverse traditions and fields of learning this is a critical synthesis of current knowledge about the Dead Sea Scrolls - and their historical, archaeological…

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Presidential Voices: The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century

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Jubilees: A Commentary in Two Volumes

James C. VanderKam

Jubilees is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and is particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism. James C. VanderKam offers a new translation and the first full commentary on…

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1 Enoch 2: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 37-82

George W. E. Nickelsburg,James C. VanderKam

1 Enoch presents complex puzzles concerning wisdom, apocalyptic, and astronomical traditions in early Judaism, as well as the bewildering history of the books composition and transmission in different languages. Offering…

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1 Enoch: The Hermeneia Translation

George W. E. Nickelsburg,James C. VanderKam

George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam have now revised their translation in conjunction with their publication of the complete two volumes on 1 Enoch in the Hermeneia commentary…

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The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity

Peter Flint,James VanderKam

In The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, two of the world’s leading experts reveal the complete and fascinating story in all its detail: the amazing discovery, the intense controversies…

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R. H. Charles: A Biography

James C. VanderKam (Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame)

R. H. Charles: A Biography situates Charles’s work in the history of biblical scholarship. Drawing on material stored in several archives and other sources it provides an account of his…

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Jubilees: The Hermeneia Translation

VanderKam, James C.

The book of Jubilees (2nd century BCE) retraces the book of Genesis and parts of Exodus and is one of the earliest sustained commentaries on the narratives presented in those…

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Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint: Presented to Eugene Ulrich

Covers the publications of the year 2002, with additions from previous years that were missed in earlier volumes, and from studies published after 2002 but pertaining to material from 2002.

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Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

Bruce D. Chilton,Porton,Louis H. Feldman

Given the importance of the exile to the development of Judaism and Christianity even to the present day, this volume delves into the conceptions of exile which contributed to that…

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The Dead Sea Scrolls. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations: Volume 8A: Genesis Apocryphon and Related Documents

The Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project is providing the first critical edition of all the Dead Sea Scrolls which are not copies of books in the Hebrew Bible…

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Journal of Biblical Literature, Spring 2008

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