University of Dallas News

Issue date: 11/25/08 Section: News

On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at 7 p.m. Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, will give the 10th annual Landregan Lecture, hosted by the School of Ministry. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Her lecture is titled "Dangers on the Road from Jerusalem to Jericho: Hearing the 'Good Samaritan' through Good Jewish Ears."
Levine is a widely published author whose most recent book is entitled "The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus." Other books include "The Historical Jesus in Context" and the 14-volume series "Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings."
"A self-described 'Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,' Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies," according to Levine's profile on the Vanderbuilt webpage.
A committee comprised of University of Dallas faculty, diocesan staff and deacons, School of Ministry alumni and other prominent Catholics recommend and select the speakers for the Landregan lecture each year.
"The committee chose Dr. Levine because of her unique perspective on the New Testament. She is a Jewish scholar of the New Testament and a long standing member of the Catholic Biblical Association," said Dr. Brian Schmisek, dean of the School of Ministry. "As a scholar and speaker, she is dedicated to helping Christians and Jews understand the Jewishness of Jesus."
Levine visited the University of Dallas in the spring of 1995 to participate in a research conversation. The book "Anti-Judaism in the Gospels" was published as a result, edited by Dr. William Farmer, late professor at UD, and included a paper by Levine titled "Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of Matthew."
"The Landregan Lecture was inaugurated in 1999 to honor Steven T. Landregan, UD alumnus, prominent churchman, and former editor of the Texas Catholic. Previous speakers have included Miguel Diaz, John L. Allen, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Joseph Martos, Rev. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., Archbishop Michael Sheehan, R. Scott Appleby, Toni Craven, and Robert Barron," said Schmisek.

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