Prof James Davila

Professor of Early Jewish Studies

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2834

Email

jrd4@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Judaism from the Second Temple period through late antiquity

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

Early Jewish mysticism (Merkavah mysticism and Hekhalot literature) and Jewish magic

Scriptural exegesis in ancient Judaism and Christianity

Ancient divine mediator figures and Christian origins

PhD supervision

• Yeshwanth Bakkavemana
• Simeon Theojaya

Selected publications

• Seven theses concerning the use of scripture in 4 Ezra and the Latin Vision of Ezra

  Davila, J. R., 2014, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Scriptures. Tigchelaar, E. (ed.). Leuven: Peeters, p. 305-326 22 p. (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium; no. 270).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Ritual in the Hekhalot Literature

  Davila, J. R., 2013, Practicing Gnosis: Ritual, Magic, Theurgy and Liturgy in Nag Hammadi, Manichaean and Other Ancient Literature : Essays in Honor of Birger A. Pearson.. DeConick, A. D., Shaw, G. & Turner, J. D. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 449-466 18 p. (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies; vol. 85).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Hekhalot Literature in Translation: Major Texts of Merkavah Mysticism

  Davila, J. R., 2013, Brill. 443 p. (Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy; vol. 20)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures

  Bauckham, R. J. (Editor), Davila, J. R. (Editor) & Panayotov, A. A. (Editor), 2013, Eerdmans. 808 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• The Provenace of the Pseudepigrapha: Jewish, Christian, or Other?

  Davila, J. R., 2005, Brill. 279 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• (How) Can We Tell if a Greek Apocryphon or Pseudepigraphon has been Translated from Hebrew or Aramaic?

  Davila, J. R., Jan 2005, In: Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. 15, 1, p. 3-61

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Descenders to the Chariot: The People Behind the Hekhalot Literature

  Davila, J. R., 2001, Brill. 343 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

 

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