Amy-Jill Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Graduate Department of Religion, and Program in Jewish Studies. Holding a B.A. from Smith College, M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, and the University of South Carolina.
Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association (she is presently the New Testament book review editor for the Catholic Biblical Quarterly), and the Association for Jewish Studies. Her most recent books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne), the edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton) as well as the fourteen-volume series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum). She has recorded “Introduction to the Old Testament,” “Great Figures of the Old Testament,” and “Great Figures of the New Testament” for the Teaching Company. A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” Professor Levine combines historical- critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.
Amy Jill Levine is featured in the FAITHANDREASON® Studio Series Volume Three and Volume Four, “What Did Jesus Believe About God?”, “The Bible: Fact Or Fiction?”, “When Is It Right To Play God?”, “What About Homosexuality And The Church?”, and “What Is Sin Anyway?”, as well as the FAITHANDREASON® series “The Prospect Of A World Community Of Religions: Domination or Collaboration?”
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Scholars
- Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts
- Rabbi Harold Kushner
- Rabbi Camille Angel
- John Dominic Crossan
- Joan Chittister, OSB
- Fr. Richard Rohr
- Dr. William Mallard
- Dr. Walter Wink
- Dr. Walter Brueggemann
- Dr. Tex Sample
- Dr. Rebekah Miles
- Dr. Phyllis Tickle
- Dr. Martin Marty
- Dr. Marcus Borg
- Dr. Leonard Sweet
- Dr. John Holbert
- Dr. Joerg Rieger
- Dr. Forrest Harris
- Dr. Elaine Pagels
- Dr. Darby Ray
- Dr. Craig Evans
- Dr. Amy Jill Levine
- Bishop John Shelby Spong (retired)