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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...
...Levenson, who is the author of the recently published book, Creation and the Persistence of Evil: Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence, said next year he hopes to study the concept of chosenness, or God's preference of one person over another in the Bible, and its theological implications...
...Being chosen often reflects God's preference of people but can provoke hostility in the non-chosen, and that has explicit theological implications," said Levenson...