Prof. Levinson Elected to American Academy for Jewish Research

Affiliated faculty member, Professor Bernard Levinson, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research (AAJR), the oldest professional organization of Judaica scholars in North America. Fellows of AAJR are nominated and elected by their peers and thus constitute the most distinguished and most senior scholars teaching Judaic studies at American universities. The award reflects the high regard in which Levinson's peers regard his research and writing.

Professor Levinson specializes in biblical and cuneiform law; Deuteronomy and the history of interpretation; and literary approaches to biblical studies. His highly acclaimed book, Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel, will be released in paperback July, 2010.