James H. Charlesworth

James Hamilton Charlesworth
Biblical Scholar James H. Charlesworth
Born (1940-05-30) May 30, 1940 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
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 forresearch on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
AwardsOutstanding Educator of America 1975, Frank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research 1997
Academic background
EducationOhio Wesleyan University, Duke Divinity School
Alma materDuke Graduate School (Ph.D.)
ThesisA Critical Examination of the Odes of Solomon: Identification, Text, Original Language, Date (1967)
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
Sub-disciplineExtra-biblical studies
InstitutionsDuke 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]

  1. ^ "Samson Tours Member: James Charlesworth". samsontours.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.