James H. Charlesworth

James Hamilton Charlesworth (* May 30, 1940 ) is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is among other things a project to research the scrolls from the Dead Sea ( Dead Sea Scrolls Project). He is known for his exploration of apocryphal and pseudepigraphischer writings on the Old and New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. In addition, he conducts research on Josephus, the historical Jesus and the Gospel of John. Charlesworth is a founder and long-standing member of the " Enoch Seminar " and Advisory Board of the Journal Henoch. He has edited or authored over 60 books. In 2001 he was one of the interviewees in the award-winning BBC documentary series Son of God ( " The Son of God "), which was dedicated to the life of Jesus and wanted to represent what is current state of knowledge to say about him.

Others

Charlesworth is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church.

Publications

As the author:

  • Jesus within Judaism: New Light from Exciting Archaeological Discoveries, Doubleday: New York, 1988, ISBN 0-385-23610-7.
  • The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament: Prolegomena for the Study of Christian Origins, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 1985.
  • The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized ( The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library ), Yale University Press: New Haven 2010, ISBN 0-300-14082-7.

As the editor:

  • The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, 2 vols, Doubleday. 1983-85 New York.
  • Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Doubleday: New York 1992.
  • The Messiah: Developments in Earliest Judaism and Christianity, Minneapolis 1992.
  • The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, 3 vols, Baylor University Press. Waco (Texas ), 2006.
  • Jesus and Archaeology, Eerdmans: Grand Rapids 2006, ISBN 0-8028-4880- X.
  • Origins Matter ( CBAP Lectures 2009), Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines: Quezon City, 2009.
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