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James R. Davila
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of early jewish studies and current principal of st mary's college”. Today it says “american biblical scholar”.
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Davila (born 1960 ) is an American biblical scholar. A specialist in Second Temple Judaism and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha , Davila is a Participant at the Enoch seminar and a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Henoch . 1960 "James R.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of early jewish studies and current principal of st mary's college”. Today it says “american biblical scholar”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
professor of early jewish studies and current principal of st mary's college
Now
american biblical scholar
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