Author: Charlesworth James H. Charlesworth

In the Seminar "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins" of the "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas", chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (Princeton) an …

Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift is an interdisciplinary study of the state of the current debate surrounding the Parables of Enoch with regard to their dating as well as their Jewish character an …

This volume draws attention to ancient religious texts, especially the so-called ‘non-canonical’ texts, by focusing on how they were used or functioned in Early Judaism and Early Christianity. The co …

Many of the writings deemed ”apocryphal” and ”pseudepigraphical”were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early co …

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E., Jewish scholars, especially those in Jerusalem and Alexandria, turned increasingly to the eternal questions that define those who reflect on huma …

Resurrection is the central feature of the New Testament gospels and lies at the center of many of Paul’s letters as well. In addition, the doctrine of the resurrection lies at the core of the Christ …

Over the past four decades, many scholars have focused on the expanding collection of alleged ‘extra-canonical’ documents that were deemed inspired by God in numerous early Jewish and Christian group …

Most experts who seek to understand the historical Jesus focus only on the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke. However, the contributors of this volume come to an important consensus: that th …

Most experts who seek to understand the historical Jesus focus only on the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke. However, the contributors of this volume come to an important consensus: that th …

James H. Charlesworth begins from a burgeoning point of scholarly consensus: More and more scholars are coming to recognize that the Fourth Gospel is more historically complex than previously thought …

James H. Charlesworth begins from a burgeoning point of scholarly consensus: More and more scholars are coming to recognize that the Fourth Gospel is more historically complex than previously thought …

This volume highlights the textual evolution of the biblical book called Isaiah from the eighth to the third centuries BCE. The book was probably the most important Scripture for the Community that c …

A pathbreaking study of the serpent’s symbolic meanings from 40, 000 BCE to the present day In a perplexing passage from the Gospel of John, Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Chr …

This volume moves discussion of ancient Israelite culture beyond concepts of isolation and borders, factoring in already well-known insights from classical studies and ancient history that take great …

This volume moves discussion of ancient Israelite culture beyond concepts of isolation and borders, factoring in already well-known insights from classical studies and ancient history that take great …

In the Seminar "The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins" of the "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas", chaired from 2000 to 2006 by Professors James H. Charlesworth (Princeton) an …