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American Bible scholar

For other people named James Tabor, see James Tabor (disambiguation).

James Daniel Tabor (born 1946) is an American Biblical scholar and retired Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he taught from 1989 until 2022 and was chair from 2004 to 2014.

He previously held positions at Ambassador College (1968–70 while a student at Pepperdine University), the University of Notre Dame (1979–85), and the College of William and Mary (1985–89). Tabor is the founder and director of the Original Bible Project, a non-profit organisation aimed to produce a re-ordered new translation of the Bible in English.^[1]

Background

Tabor was born in Texas but lived all over the world as the son of an Air Force officer.

He was raised in the Churches of Christ and attended Abilene Christian University, where he earned his B.A. degree in Koine Greek