James W. Watts

DEPARTMENTS

Religion

AFFILIATIONS

Jewish Studies Minor / Modern Jewish Studies
Middle Eastern Studies

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

CONTACT

501 Hall of Languages

Email: jwwatts@syr.edu

Office: 315.443.5713

Entries in the areas listed below (other than biography and books) are selections delimited to the last five years. Consult the faculty member’s biography, listed website(s) or CV for additional information.

Books

Leviticus 11-20

Leviticus 11-20, by James W. Watts, Peeters Pub & Booksellers (August 31, 2023), 572 pp., ISBN-13: 978-9042949720
Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution , by Yohan Yoo and James W. Watts, Routledge; 1st edition (May 30, 2021), 178pp., ISBN-13: 978-0367712051
Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion

Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion, by James W. Watts, Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (May 13, 2021), 384pp., ISBN-13: 978-1119730378
Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings

Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings, edited and authored by James W. Watts (and others), Equinox Publishing (October 1, 2020), 180pp., ISBN-13: 978-1781798843
How and Why Books Matter Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts

How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts, by James W. Watts, Equinox Publishing, 2019-03-15, 200 pp.
Sensing Sacred Texts

Sensing Sacred Texts, edited by James W. Watts, Equinox Publishing, 2018, 256 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1781795750
Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture, by James W. Watts, 2017, 328 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1405196383
Iconic Books and Texts

Iconic Books and Texts (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts) , edited by James W. Watts, Equinox Publishing Limited (December 31, 2012), 352 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1845539856
Psalm and Story: Inset Hymns in Hebrew Narrative

Psalm and Story: Inset Hymns in Hebrew Narrative, by James W. Watts, Sheffield Academic Press; 1 edition (November 1, 2009), 244pp., ISBN-13: 978-0567564108
Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture

Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture, by James W. Watts, Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 2, 2007), 278 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0521871938
The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse

The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse, by Stephen L. Cook (Editor), Corrine L. Patton (Editor), James W. Watts (Editor), Andrew Mein (Series Editor), Claudia V. Camp (Series Editor), Sheffield Academic Press; 1 edition (February 28, 2002), 215pp., ISBN-13: 978-1841272436
Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch

Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch, edited by James W. Watts, Society of Biblical Literature; First Edition edition (January 1, 2001), 242pp., ISBN-13: 978-1589830158
Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch

Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch, by James W. Watts, Sheffield Academic Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1999), 192 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1850759973
Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D.W. Watts

Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D.W. Watts, edited by James W. Watts and others, Sheffield Academic Press; 1 edition (October 1, 1996), 330pp., ISBN-13: 978-1850756415

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