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James R. Mueller

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Associate Professor Emeritus

  • Biblical Studies, Early Judaism, Early Christianity

James R. Mueller earned his doctorate at Duke University(opens in new tab) in Early Judaism and Early Christianity, in 1986. After teaching at North Carolina State University(opens in new tab), Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(opens in new tab), he joined the UF faculty in 1988. His research focuses on the noncanonical literatures of greco-roman period Judaism, including the Jewish Pseudepigrapha and the Dead Sea Scrolls; and the early Christian apocryphal literature. He serves as a co-editor of the “Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature” series (Walter de Gruyter).