James C. VanderKam
Author of The Dead Sea Scrolls After Forty Years: Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution, October 27, 1990
About the Author
James C. VanderKam, Ph.D. (1976), Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature, Harvard University, is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame.
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Works by James C. VanderKam
The Dead Sea Scrolls After Forty Years: Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution, October 27, 1990 (1991) 703 copies, 5 reviews
The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity (2002) — Author — 381 copies, 3 reviews
The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum Ad Novum Testamentum) (1996) 53 copies
Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition (Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series, 16) (1984) 32 copies
Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time (The Literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls) (1998) 24 copies, 1 review
The community of the renewed covenant : the Notre Dame Symposium on the Dead Sea Scrolls (1994) — Editor — 23 copies
Enoch: A Man for All Generations (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament) (1995) 11 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature) (2001) — Contributor — 95 copies, 1 review
Biblical Interpretation at Qumran (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature) (2004) — Contributor — 52 copies
Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom (1995) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Idea of Biblical Interpretation: Essays in Honor of James L. Kugel (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2004) — Contributor — 18 copies
When Judaism and Christianity began : essays in memory of Anthony J. Saldarini (2004) — Contributor — 18 copies
Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Vol 56) (1997) — Contributor — 15 copies
Flores Florentino: Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Early Jewish Studies in Honour of Florentino Garcia Martfnez (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2007) — Contributor — 10 copies
Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World) (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Early Enoch Literature (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2007) — Contributor — 8 copies
Hellenistic Astronomy The Science in Its Contexts (Brill's Companions to Classical Studies) (2020) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review
Pentateuchal Traditions in the Late Second Temple Period: Proceedings of the International Workshop in Tokyo, August 28-31, 2007 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of… (2012) — Contributor — 7 copies
Working with no data : Semitic and Egyptian studies presented to Thomas O. Lambdin (1987) — Contributor — 7 copies
Things Revealed: Studies In Early Jewish And Christian Literature In Honor Of Michael E. Stone (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2004) — Contributor — 7 copies
Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature: Essays in Honor of Eileen Schuller on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday (Studies of the Texts of Thedesert of… (2011) — Contributor — 6 copies
Heavenly Tablets (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2007) — Contributor — 5 copies
Biblical Traditions in Transmission: Essays in Honour of Michael A. Knibb (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2006) — Contributor — 5 copies
Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls: John Collins at Seventy (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies
Textual criticism and Dead Sea scrolls studies in honour of Julio Trebolle Barrera florilegium complutense (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
Go Out and Study the Land Judges 18:2: Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2011) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders (1997) — Contributor — 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- VanderKam, James C.
- Birthdate
- 20th Century
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Calvin College (1968)
Calvin Theological Seminary (1971)
Harvard University (1976) - Occupations
- Professor of Hebrew Scripture
- Organizations
- University of Notre Dame
Dead Sea Scrolls Editorial Team - Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance For Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity – A Historical Guide to the Ancient Manuscripts by James VanderKam
It could have been bad timing, but I found this book curiously un-involving. Maybe it's the writing? I'm not sure, but I only got a few chapters in.
Still, it's the product of enormous labors and research and is undoubtedly a good introduction to the overall topic. It's possible one needs to be more interested in religion (I'm interested in religion but not as something to espouse: I am interested in history and the history of thought) than I am.
Still, it's the product of enormous labors and research and is undoubtedly a good introduction to the overall topic. It's possible one needs to be more interested in religion (I'm interested in religion but not as something to espouse: I am interested in history and the history of thought) than I am.
Enoch: A Man For All Generations (Studies in Personalities of the Old Testament) by James C. VanderKam
A very useful introduction to the range of Enoch material. The coverage of the Astronomical Book and the Book of Watchers is the most interesting concerning I Enoch. The discussions of the Enoch figure's relationship to Noah are quite interesting. And the discussion of the relationship of Enoch to Mesopotamian traditions of the 7th king is useful. Also useful some of the material about Enoch at Qumran. Interesting discussion of the contrasting uses of Enoch material in other Jewish sources. show more The book suffers from being a survey, and some of the sections (even in this relatively short book) seem forced and drag. show less
I read this because the scrolls will be on display at the Museum of Science in Boston next year and I wanted to be knowledgable about them. This book accomplished that, though it certainly was not very exciting. It reads like a textbook, alternating between passages of great interest and sections clearly in place to ensure academics will give the book a high rating for documenting anything that is not 100% factual and presenting all sides of an issue. It serves a purpose, but was not a fun show more read for a layperson like myself. show less
Accessible overview of the history and controversies surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls. The main body has been updated, but the postscript was disappointing in that it seemed to gloss over the ongoing debates. Informative, but in retrospect it failed to be thought-provoking. Even-handed in its treatment. Perhaps best read in combination with other treatments of the same material, to fill in some gaps.
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