MEADVILLE, Pa. – Feb. 25, 2009 – Amy-Jill Levine, a New Testament scholar from Vanderbilt University, will visit Allegheny College on March 5 and 6.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious Life, Levine’s visit will include classes, student meetings and two public events.
Levine will present the annual Samuel Schick Lecture, “On the Road from Jerusalem to Jericho: Hearing the Parable of the Good Samaritan as a Jewish story for Antiquity and for Today,” on Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tillotson Room of the Tippie Alumni Center. The Schick lecture series is made possible by a gift from the Barry and Florence Friedberg Family Philanthropic Fund.
At noon on Friday, March 6, she will participate in a discussion on “Women in the Gospel.” This free luncheon, co-sponsored by the Religious Life Council and the Women’s Studies Program, will take place in Room 301-302 of the Campus Center. Call (814) 332-2800 to reserve a spot.
Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. Holding a bachelor’s from Smith College, a master’s and doctorate from Duke University and honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, 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 and the Association for Jewish Studies.
Her most recent books include “The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus” (HarperSanFrancisco), the edited collection “The Historical Jesus in Context” (Princeton University) and the 14-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,” Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity and humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist and homophobic theologies.
One contact hour of continuing education is available for pastors attending the March 5 lecture.
For more information or to request a certificate for continuing education credit, contact the Allegheny College Office of Religious Life at (814) 332-2800.
