James R. Davila
{{Short description|American biblical scholar}}
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James R. Davila (born 1960[http://library.brown.edu/find/Author/Home?author=Davila%2C%20James%20R.%2C%201960- 1960]) is an American biblical scholar. He is Professor of Early Jewish Studies and former Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews.{{cite web
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A specialist in Second Temple Judaism and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Davila is a Participant at the Enoch seminar and a member of the Advisory Board of the journal Henoch.
Education
Davila received his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982, his M.A. from the same institution in 1983, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1988. All degrees were awarded summa cum laude. His doctoral thesis was entitled "Unpublished Pentateuchal Manuscripts from Cave IV, Qumran: 4QGenExa, Genb-h, Genj-k". He was elevated to Professor of Early Jewish Studies at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews in May 2008.
Screen Credit
Davila has one television and one movie credit to his name. Davila was credited as Jimmy Davila during his acting career. He appeared in one episode of The Walton's in 1973 called "The Fawn" where he portrayed Harold Beasley. He appeared in the 1975 movie "The Hindenburg" where his character "Flakus" was uncredited.
Publications
Davila has authored, contributed, or edited numerous books and articles.{{cite web
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=Books=
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- {{cite book
| title = The Provenance of the Pseudepigrapha: Jewish, Christian, or Other?
| year = 2005
| publisher = Brill Publishers
| location = Leiden; Boston, MA
| isbn = 978-90-04-13752-3
| oclc = 61309430
| lccn = 2005052633
}}
- {{cite book
| title = Descenders to the chariot: the people behind the Hekhalot literature
| year = 2001
| publisher = Brill Publishers
| location = Leiden; Boston, MA
| isbn = 978-90-04-11541-5
| oclc = 47756234
| lccn = 2001046476
}}
- {{cite book
| title = Liturgical works
| year = 2000
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| location = Grand Rapids, Michigan
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4380-7
| oclc = 45136613
| lccn = 00049471
}}
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References
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External links
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- [http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/ PaleoJudaica.com: A weblog on ancient Judaism and its context], Davila's blog
- [http://www.enochseminar.org/ Enoch Seminar website]
- [http://www.henochjournal.org/ Journal Henoch website]
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Category:American biblical scholars
Category:Scottish scholars and academics
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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