Recent professional activities by James C. VanderKam, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Emeritus

Author: Kelli Brown

James VanderKam Professor Emeritus of Theology at Notre Dame

Teaching: 

Seminar, Theology, University of Notre Dame, Fall, 2021: Earliest Interpretations of Genesis.

Publications:

Jubilees: The Hermeneia Translation (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2020).

An Introduction to Early Judaism (2nd edition; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans).

R.H. Charles: A Biography (The Bible and the Humanities; Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Academic Lectures and Conference Presentations:

“Jubilees and the Visions of Amram,” at The Dead Sea Scrolls in Recent Scholarship: A Public Conference (virtual conference), New York University, May 18, 2020.

“Early Appearances of Evil and Their Effects According to the Book of Jubilees,” Online Enoch Seminar, June 30, 2020.

“But What About the People?” International Conference on the Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch, Institute of Biblical Studies, KUL, Lublin, Poland, in collaboration with the Enoch Seminar, October 20-22, 2020 (October 20) (Zoom).

“Jubilees and Aramaic Sources,” Lecture and discussion for Hindy Najman’s Seminar Early Biblical Interpretation, Oxford, England, February 4, 2021 (Zoom).

“What Did Levi Do?” The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Second Public Conference (virtual), New York University, June 8, 2021.

“R.H. Charles and Modern Biblical Studies,” SBL Presidential Address, delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, November 10 and at the SBL Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 2021.

“The Dead Sea Scrolls” in the series Solving the Mysteries of the Scriptures, Watch Hill Chapel, Watch Hill, RI, August 8, 2023.

“The Book of Jubilees and the Book of Tobit,” The Book of Genesis: A Workshop in Honor of Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame, October 11, 2023.

Awards and Honors:

President, Society of Biblical Literature, 2021(Vice-President, 2020).

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2022.

Other Service to the University and Community:

I have served on a dissertation committee and have written many letters of recommendation for students.