Dr. Amy-Jill Levine was raised in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood in Massachusetts. She grew up with an appreciation for many aspects of the Christian tradition, though she was raised in a Jewish home.She completed her undergraduate work at Smith College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and held honors in both religion and English She earned her doctorate at Duke University.
She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies.
Her publications include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006), the edited collection, The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton University Press, 2006), and the 14-volume Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum). Dr. Levine has also written Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians.
Dr. Levine does not yet profess a belief in Yeshua, but holds Him in high esteem and encourages others to do so.
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