Vanderkam, James C(laire)

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VANDERKAM, James C(laire)

VANDERKAM, James C(laire). American, b. 1946. Genres: Theology/ Religion. Career: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, assistant professor, 1976-81, associate professor, 1981-86, professor of religion, 1986-91; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, professor of theology, 1991-98, John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology, 1998-. University of California, San Diego, visiting professor of history, 1987; guest lecturer at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Publications: Textual and Historical Studies in the Book of Jubilees (monograph), 1977; Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition (monograph), 1984; (with M. Black) The Book of Enoch; or, 1 Enoch, 1985; The Book of Jubilees, 2 vols, 1989; The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, 1994; Enoch: A Man for All Generations, 1995; Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, (monograph), 1998; From Revelation to Canon (essays), 2000; An Introduction to Early Judaism (monograph), 2001. EDITOR: "No One Spoke Ill of Her": Essays on Judith, 1992; (with E. Ul- rich, and contrib.) The Community of the Renewed Covenant, 1994; (and contrib.) Qumran Cave 4 VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part 1, 1994; (with W. Adler, and contrib.) The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity, 1995; Qumran Cave 4 XIV: Parabiblical Texts, Part 2, 1995; Qumran Cave 4 XVII: Parabiblical Texts, Part 3, 1996; Qumran Grotte 4 XVIII: Textes Hebreux (4Q521-4Q528, 4Q576-4Q579), 1998; (with M. Brady) Qumran Cave 4 VI: Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 1, 1998; (with P. Flint, and contrib.) The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years, vol. 1, 1998, vol. 2, 1999; (with M. Brady) Qumran Cave 4 XX: Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 2, 1999; (in- chief with L. Schiffman) Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 vols., 2000; (with M. Brady) Qumran Cave 4 XXVI: Cryptic Texts and Miscellanea, Part 1, 2000; (with M. Brady) Miscellaneous Texts from the Judaean Desert, 2000; (with L. Schiffman and E. Tov) The Dead Sea Scrolls 50 Years after Their Discovery, 2000; (with M. Brady) Qumran Grotte 4 XXII Textes Arameens Premiere Partie 4Q529-549, 2001. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to theology journals. Address: Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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