James R. Davila

James R. Davila (born 1960 ) is an American biblical scholar. He is Professor of Early Jewish Studies and former Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. 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 Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in 1982, his M.A. from the same institution in 1983, and his Ph.D. from the Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 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 His doctoral thesis was entitled "Unpublished Pentateuchal Manuscripts from Cave IV, Qumran: 4QGenExa, Genb-h, Genj-k".

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