Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
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
Academic/Professional Qualification
PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; MA, University of California, Los Angeles; BA, University of California, Los Angeles; Society of Biblical Literature; British New Testament Association; Society for Old Testament Study; British Association for Jewish Studies
Research interests
Second Temple Jewish literature, particularly the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; Second Temple Jewish literature in dialogue with and as background to the New Testament; Jewish Merkavah Mysticism (Hekhalot literature); ancient Jewish and related magic; anthropological approaches (especially involving the shamanic complex or ritual studies) to all of the above texts; and the interpretation of scripture in all of the above.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Provenace of the Pseudepigrapha: Jewish, Christian, or Other?
Davila, J. R., 2005, Brill. 279 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Society ofbiblical literature conference: The annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature
Davila, J. R. (PI)
21/11/09 → 31/12/09
Project: Standard
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Leverhulme F/00 268/AE: A New Collection of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
Davila, J. R. (PI) & Bauckham, R. J. (CoI)
1/01/06 → 31/12/08
Project: Standard
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PaleoJudaica ([email protected])
Davila, J. R. (Participant)
Mar 2003 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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The International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls as Background to Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity, St Andrews June, 2001
Davila, J. R. (Organiser)
2001 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference