James R. Adair, Jr. B.S., Hons.-B.A., M.Div., M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biblical/Theological Studies Director of Online Education Program   Phone: 210-924-4338 x220 E-mail: jadair@bua.edu

Current Courses

• Introduction to the Old Testament (BIBL 2300) Class Web Site
• The Historical Books (BIBL 3304) Class Web Site
• Church History I (CHIS 3303) Class Web Site
• Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (HEBR 3304) Class Web Site

Primary areas of research and scholarly interest

Biblical Textual Criticism

• TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
• Biblical Manuscripts Project

Digitization of material relating to the academic study of religion

• TC Ebind Index
• BUA Ebind Index
• J.-P. Migne's Patrologiae Graecae

Academic Computing

• ECanon
• SP Fonts
• Offline Online!
• Bibliography of Online Resources for Students and Professors

Other Links of Interest

• Progressive Theology
• Curriculum Vitae

Publications

• Introducing Christianity (London: Routledge, forthcoming 2007).
• "Technology and the Transmission of the Biblical Text," SBL Forum (April 2004) [Also available in an extended version].
• "Creating and Maintaining a Premier Electronic Journal," Bible and Computer: The Stellenbosch AIBI-6 Conference. Proceedings of the Association Internationale Bible et Informatique "From Alpha to Byte." University of Stellenbosch 17-21 July, 2000. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
• "In Memoriam Dominique Barthélemy," Bulletin of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 34 (2001): 34-36.
• An Inductive Method for Reconstructing the Biblical Text Illustrated by an Analysis of 1 Samuel 3. Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages Supplement Series. (Stellenbosch: Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2000).
• "Abdon," "Alalakh," "Codex Sinaiticus," "Hexapla," "Jesse," "Man of God," "Muratorian Fragment," "Nash Papyrus," "Oracle," "Sackcloth," "Uncial," Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000).
• "Light from Below: Canonical and Theological Implications of Textual Criticism," Old Testament Essays 11 (1998): 9-23.
• "TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism: A Model for Successful Electronic Publishing," Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 23 (1997): 235-242.
• "'Literal' and 'Free' Translations: A Proposal for a More Descriptive Terminology," Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 23 (1997): 143-171.
• "TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism: A Modern Experiment in Studying the Ancients," Journal of Electronic Publishing 3 (1997).
• "Old and New in Textual Criticism: Similarities, Differences, and Prospects for Cooperation," TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 1 (1996).
• "A Methodology for Using the Versions in the Textual Criticism of the Old Testament," Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 20 (1994): 111-142.

• Review of The Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition, by David Noel Freedman, ed., et al., (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998; Leiden: Brill, 1998), in TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 3 (1998).
• Review of A Text-Critical Study of the Epistle of Jude, by Charles Landon, JSNTS 135 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996), in TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 2 (1997).
• Review of Books and Readers in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts, by Harry Y. Gamble (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995), in TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 2 (1997).
• Review of New Testament Textual Criticism, Exegesis and Church History, ed. by B. Aland and J. Delobel (Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1994), in TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 1 (1996).
• Review of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, by Emanuel Tov (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992; Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum, 1992), in Critical Review of Books in Religion 8 (1995): 107-108.
• Review of Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions, by G. I. Davies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), in Biblical Archaeologist 57 (1994): 247.