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By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Dr. Lee Levine.
Posted 10-21-08
GREENSBORO — Dr. Lee Levine, professor of Jewish history and archaeology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will speak about “The Revolutionary Impact of Archaeology on our Understanding of Jewish History” Sunday, Nov. 16.
The lecture, free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Elliott University Center Auditorium. A reception follows, and free parking is available in the Walker Avenue deck.
Levine received his rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary and his doctorate from Columbia University. Since 1971, he has been on the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he now serves as a professor of Jewish History and Archaeology. Levine has written 11 books, including the recent “Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple Period.”
He has served as visiting professor at Harvard and Yale and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and received an honorary doctorate from Lund University, Sweden, in 2000. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe and Israel.
Sponsors are: The Department of Religious Studies, the Jewish Studies Program, the Archaeology Program, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Henry S. Levinson Program Endowment for Jewish Studies, the Herman and Zelda Bernard Distinguished Professorship in Jewish Studies, the Barbara Colchamiro Endowment and the Judith Rosenstock Hyman Jewish Studies Program Endowment.
For more information, call (336) 334-5762.