Posted By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine.
UNCG will host a noted scholar in a lecture on Judaism and Jesus of Nazareth.
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, professor of religion, will give a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in Elliott University Center Auditorium. The Henry Samuel Levinson Lecture is entitled “Creating Anti-Semites: How the Church and the Academy Misunderstands Both Jesus and Judaism.” The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
Levine is a professor of New Testament studies and director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality at Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion. She holds a B.A. from Smith College, and an MA and PhD from Duke University.
Other events during Levine’s stay in Greensboro include:
• 7 p.m. Sept. 10. Community Program at Beth David Synagogue, “Jesus and Judaism: Why the Connection Still Matters.”
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sept. 11. Program at Temple Emmanuel, “The Jesus Jews and Christians Don’t Know” and “What’s New in Biblical Studies with a Focus on Jesus.”
The event is co-sponsored by the Beth David Synagogue, Greensboro Jewish Federation, Temple Emmanuel and the UNCG Department of Religious Studies. The event is also supported by a grant from the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation.
The Jewish Studies Program within the Department of Religious Studies is supported by the Herman and Zelda Bernard Professorship in Jewish Studies, the Henry Samuel Levinson Program Endowment in Jewish Studies, the Barbara Colchamiro Jewish Studies Program Endowment and the Judith Rosenstock Hyman Jewish Studies Program Endowment.
Parking is available in the Walker and Oakland decks. For more information on the lecture or the UNCG religious studies department, call (336) 334-5762 or visit the web site, www.uncg.edu/rel/.
