Amy-Jill Levine, author and University Professor at Vanderbilt University, will give the Truitt Center's annual H. Shelton Smith Lecture.
A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, will offer the Truitt Center’s annual H. Shelton Smith Lecture. Dr. Levine is author of numerous books and articles on the Bible and biblical interpretation, including Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi and The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Sponsored by a Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences Grant, the Truitt Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, the Religious Studies Department, the Jewish Studies Minor, and the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.