Alan Levenson
Alan T. Levenson holds the Schusterman/Josey Chair in Judaic History and is the Director of the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies at the University of Oklahoma.[1] Levenson has written extensively on the modern Jewish experience for both scholarly and popular audiences. His book, Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award Prize (paperback edition 2013), and his textbook, Modern Jewish Thinkers, is widely used in classes on Jewish thought.[2] He has won a number of prestigious fellowships, including an ACLS, and has lectured in the United States, Israel and Germany. Since arriving at the University of Oklahoma, he has completed four major projects: The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (2011), a history of Bible translations/commentaries in the modern era; and, as General Editor, The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism (2012), Joseph: Portraits Through the Ages (2016), and most recently Maurice Samuel: Life and Letters of a Secular Jewish Contrarian (2022). He received his BA/MA from Brown University magna cum laude, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Levenson's works are found in libraries worldwide.[3]
Publications[edit]
- Maurice Samuel: Life and Letters of a Secular Jewish Contrarian (University of Alabama Press, 2022)
- Joseph: Portraits Through the Ages (University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
- Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002)[4]
- Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 (University of Nebraska Press, 2004)[5]
- The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011)[6]
- The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jew and Judaism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "People". The Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Alan Levenson". University of Oklahoma Department of History. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Levenson, Alan". worldcat.org. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Levenson, A.T. (2002). Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7657-6211-5. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Levenson, A.T. (2004). Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-2957-0. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Levenson, A.T. (2011). The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible: How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-0518-5. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism". 9 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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