Word: levenson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Levenson, who was a professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School from 1982 until last year, is recognized as a scholar who has contributed to both Christian and Jewish scholarship...
...haven't assessed the situation enough to know what major goals or changes I plan for Jewish studies at the Divinity School," says Levenson. "But I do know that it will be a challenge to make Jewish studies at the Divinity School integrated with the University without its getting absorbed into the Jewish Studies or Near Eastern Studies Departments...
Dean of the Divinity School Ronald F. Thiemann said that Levenson was chosen to fill the List chair because his work involving Jewish and Christian thought is among the most respected in the world...
...Levenson said he will teach two full-year courses for the Divinity School beginning this September. One, called "Judaism: The Liturgical Year", will focus on the Jewish calendar and how Jewish texts are intergrated into the Jewish lifestyle and history. The other class will be a seminar focusing on the first 11 books of the Torah and how their original "contexts" have been perceived throughout history, he said...
...class on the Jewish liturgical year will be the third or fourth time I've tried to develop an introduction to Jewish history," said Levenson. "It will focus on the Jewish texts and the thread is the Jewish calendar. I'll be looking at the rhythm of the Jewish year...