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Jon D. Levenson

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Jon D. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at the Harvard Divinity School.

He is a scholar of the Bible and of the rabbinic midrash, with an interest in the philosophical and theological issues involved in biblical studies. He studies the relationship between traditional modes of Biblical interpretation and modern historical criticism. He also studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.

Levenson's foci include: Theological traditions in ancient Israel (biblical and rabbinic periods); Literary Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible; Midrash; History of Jewish biblical interpretation; Modern Jewish theology; Jewish-Christian relations.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 88 ratings · 13 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Universal Horizon Of Biblical Particularism by Jon D. Levenson, Jǒn Douglas Levenson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Book Of Job In Its Time And In The Twentieth Century 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews by Kevin J. Madigan, Jon D. Levenson 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating: