Bernard M. Levinson
Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and of Law

Prof. Levinson Profiled in Religious Studies Article

Professor Bernard Levinson was recently profiled in an article in Perspectives: The Magazine of the Program in Religious Studies. Levinson is an affiliated faculty member of the University of Minnesota Law School and a professor in the university's department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, where he holds the Berman Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible.

The article discusses Levinson's extensive scholarship, including his 2008 book, Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel, in which Levinson argues that the Bible can be a valuable tool for examining American Law.