Amy-Jill Levine
University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies
Vanderbilt University

“Seeing Through Different Lenses: How Jews and Christians Read Scripture"

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and  Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science; she is also Affiliated Professor, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge UK. Holding the B.A. from Smith College, and the M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, she has honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Drury University, and Christian Theological Seminary. 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 frequent humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies. An acclaimed scholar, her recent books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus and The Jewish Annotated New Testament.