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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cathedral Helps Communication Between Christians and Jews Washington, DC - To promote understanding and communication between Christians and Jews, Washington National Cathedral is bringing Amy-Jill Levine, director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality at Vanderbilt University, to Washington, DC, on Wednesday, February 5, at 7:30 pm to speak about the Jewish connection in Christianity. Levine, a self-proclaimed “Yankee Jewish Feminist from the Protestant Bible Belt” will discuss why Judaism has been filtered out of the views of Jesus and Paul. She will also explain how Gentiles and Jews can better understand themselves and each other by reading scripture together. Dr. Levine is participating in the Cathedrals series, Paths to Peace, a series of programs developed to inspire and educate individuals about spiritual and religious topics. Amy-Jill Levine Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies A.B., Smith (1978) Prior to coming to Vanderbilt, Professor Levine was the Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Assoc. Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College. She has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Her numerous books and articles address such topics as Christian origins, formative Judaism, and the “Historical Jesus.” Her recent projects include editing a twelve-volume series, the Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Literature, for Sheffield University Press, a study of the Old Testament Apocrypha for Harvard University Press, and a commentary on the Greek Book of Esther for E. J. Brill. A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant seminary in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” Levine conjoins historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to exposing and expunging anti-Jewish, sexist, and heterosexist theologies. —Office of Public Affairs |