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James H. Charlesworth (A.B., B.D., Ph.D., ET, Litt.D. [hon]) is George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature as well as Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has authored or edited over 60 books and 600 articles. He has also been a professor at Duke University (1969-1984), Lady Davis Professor in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1988, 2001), Annual Professor in the W. F. Albright Institute in Jerusalem (1998-99), and McCarthy Professor in the Pontificia Università Gregoriana in Rome (2005). He has lectured in over 35 countries. Charlesworth has received numerous honors, including publication awards from the Biblical Archaeology Society, the Distinguished Achievement Citation from Ohio Wesleyan University, the first Frank Moore Cross Award from the American Schools of Oriental Research, the Comenius Medal from Charles University in Prague, and the Pentecost Medal from the Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was elected to Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters).

Jesus, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea Scrolls (4 DVD Set)
Dead Sea Scrolls, Bible and Covenant (5-Part DVD Set)
Biblical Archaeologist: The Complete Archive (1938–1998)
Who Really Wrote the Bible? Differing Views on the Authorship of the Bible (DVD Lectures)
Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A Parallel History of their Origins and Early Development
Text Detectives: Discovering the Meaning of Ancient Symbols and Concepts (DVD Lectures)