James C. VanderKam earned his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 1976. He taught at North Carolina State University from 1976 to 1991, at which time he accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame where he remained until 2016. There he was the John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures. Beginning in 1989, he was a member of the team of scholars appointed to publish the Dead Sea Scrolls and participated in the publication of thirteen volumes in the "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert" series. In 2021 he was the president of the Society of Biblical Literature.

• Preface


• Why Write a Biography of R.H. Charles: Charles in Context


• Part 1 The Early Years (1855-1890)


• Part 2 The Oxford Years (1890-1913


• 2.1: The Book of Enoch


• 2.2: The Book of Jubilees


• 2.3: (Slavonic) Enoch


• 2.4: (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch


• 2.5: The Assumption of Moses


• 2.6: Recognition and Syntheses 1898-1899


• 2.7: The Ascension of Isaiah


• 2.8: More Honors and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 1901-1908


• 2.9: The Last Oxford Years 1909-1913 and The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament


• 2.10: The Book of Daniel


• Part 3 The Westminster Years (1913-31)


• 3.1: Return to Priestly Service


• 3.2: The Topical Books


• 3.3: The Book of Revelation


• 3.4: Scholarly Work 1914-1915


• 3.5: The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu


• 3.6: The Ten Commandments


• 3.7: The End of His Days


• Bibliographies


• Bibliography of Works Cited


• Bibliography of R. H. Charles

R. H. Charles: A Biography situates Charles's work in the history of biblical scholarship. Drawing on material stored in several archives and other sources it provides an account of his early life and education in Ireland, devotes a section to his Oxford years, and furnishes a biographical overview of his work as a canon of Westminster.