Sponsor
Center for Jewish Studies
Co-Sponsor(s)
Religious Studies
Celebrating Marc Brettler's Scholarship: The Bible in the Public Square Revisited
Sunday, February 8,
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This half-day symposium brings together scholars to celebrate the achievements of Marc Brettler in the field of Hebrew Bible, Jewish Studies, public education, and interreligious engagement. Two panels will focus on "Academic Scholarship and Jewish Life," and "Popularizing Religious Scholarship."
In addition Brettler, the Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, participants include:
Kata Gellen, Associate Professor of German and Director of the Duke Center for Jewish Studies
Anathea Portier-Young, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Duke University Divinity School
Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Rabbi Dr. David Starr, Congregation Mishkan Tefil and Founder of Me'Ah
Rabbi David Steinberg, co-founder and director of the Academic Torah Institute and TheTorah.com
Tova Hartman, Dean of Humanities at the Ono Academic College
Jennifer Knust, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University
Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School
Marc Chancy, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University
Pete Enns, Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University
Amy-Jill Levine, Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Vanderbilt University
Professor Joanna Homrighausen, Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at College of William & Mary
Dr. Susie Tanchel, Head of School, JCDS Boston
Mark Smith, Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary
Baruch Schwartz, JL Magnes Emeritus Associate Professor of Bible at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Leela Prasad, St. Purandar Das Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University.
A full schedule can be found at: https://jewishstudies.duke.edu/celebrating-marc-brettlers-scholarship-b…
This event is open to the public.
In addition Brettler, the Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, participants include:
Kata Gellen, Associate Professor of German and Director of the Duke Center for Jewish Studies
Anathea Portier-Young, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Duke University Divinity School
Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Rabbi Dr. David Starr, Congregation Mishkan Tefil and Founder of Me'Ah
Rabbi David Steinberg, co-founder and director of the Academic Torah Institute and TheTorah.com
Tova Hartman, Dean of Humanities at the Ono Academic College
Jennifer Knust, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University
Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School
Marc Chancy, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University
Pete Enns, Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University
Amy-Jill Levine, Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Vanderbilt University
Professor Joanna Homrighausen, Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at College of William & Mary
Dr. Susie Tanchel, Head of School, JCDS Boston
Mark Smith, Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary
Baruch Schwartz, JL Magnes Emeritus Associate Professor of Bible at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Leela Prasad, St. Purandar Das Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University.
A full schedule can be found at: https://jewishstudies.duke.edu/celebrating-marc-brettlers-scholarship-b…
This event is open to the public.
