James Hamilton Charlesworth | |
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Born | May 30, 1940 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary |
Known for | research on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha |
Awards | Outstanding Educator of America 1975, Frank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research 1997 |
Academic background | |
Education | Ohio Wesleyan University, Duke Divinity School |
Alma mater | Duke Graduate School (Ph.D.) |
Thesis | A Critical Examination of the Odes of Solomon: Identification, Text, Original Language, Date (1967) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | Extra-biblical studies |
Institutions | Duke University Princeton Theological Seminary |
James Hamilton Charlesworth (born May 30, 1940) is an American academic who served as the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature until January 17, 2019, and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Princeton Theological Seminary. His research interests include the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, the Historical Jesus, the Gospel of John, and the Book of Revelation.[1]