Lee I. Levine, scholar

Lee I. Levine is an American-born Israeli scholar.

Biography

Lee I. Levine is an American-born rabbi, archaeologist and historian of classical Judaism. Levine is a professor of Jewish history and archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received degrees at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), where he was ordained as a Conservative rabbi, and Columbia University. He was a student of Gerson Cohen. In 1961, Levine married Mira Karp. Levine has also taught at Yale University and the Seminary of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem. He has directed several archaeological digs, among them a dig in Caesarea and the excavation of the Hurvat 'Ammudim Synagogue. He is the author of Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity and The Ancient Synagogue, one of the most comprehensive texts on the subject. Today Professor Levine is Professor at the Dept. of History of the Jewish People; Institute of Archaeology - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel, and he holds the "Rev. Moses Bernard Lauterman Family Chair" in Classical Archaeology. Professor Levine had been visiting professor at Yale University in the years 1986–87, 1995, 2000 and at Harvard University in the years 1986–87 of Jewish History. Professor Levine chaired the following Academic Committees Editorial Board, Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute (1978–92), Board , Israel Exploration Society (1984-), Advisory Board, World Union of Jewish Studies (1989-), Preservation Commission, Israel Antiquities Authority (1994), Academic Advisory Board, Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies (1996-), Panel of Experts, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (1998-), Center for the Study of the History of Eretz-Israel, Yad Ben-Zvi and Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1998-), Chairman, Eretz-Israel Studies in Israeli High Schools , Israel Ministry of Education (2000-), Ars Judaica, Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art (2004-), Advisory Board, The Posner Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume II (2004-).

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Caesarea under Roman Rule (1975 Levine), book

• Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity: Conflict or Confluence? (1998 Levine), book

• The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years (2000 Levine), book

• Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple Period (2003 Levine), book

Edited volumes

• Ancient Synagogues Revealed (1981 Levine), edited volume

• The Synagogue in Late Antiquity (1987 Levine), edited volume

• The Galilee in Late Antiquity (1992 Levine), edited volume

• Jerusalem: Its Sanctity and Centrality to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (1999 Levine), edited volume

Articles in edited volumes

• The Political Struggle between Pharisees and Sadducees in the Hasmonean Period / I. Lee Levine / Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, Abraham Shalit Memorial Volume, Jerusalem ( Oppenheimer, Rappaport, Stern 1980), edited volume
• From the Beginning of Roman Rule to the End of the Second Temple Period / I. Lee Levine /

The History of Eretz-Israel 4, The Roman-Byzantine Period, The Roman Rule from the Conquest to the Bar Kochba War (63 BCE – 135 CE), Jerusalem (Stern 1987), edited volume

• The Second Temple Synagogue, The Formative Years / I. Lee Levine / The Synagogue in Late Antiquity, Philadelphia, (Levine 1987), edited volume

• Unity and Diversity in Ancient Judaism: The Case of the Diaspora Synagogue / I. Lee Levine / The Jews in the Hellenistic-Roman World, Studies in Memory of Menahem Stern, Jerusalem, (1996), edited volume

• The First Century C.E. Synagogue in Historical Perspective / I. Lee Levine / The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins until 200 C.E., Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14-17, 2001, Coniectanea Biblica. New Testament Series, 39, Stockholm, (Olsson, Zetterholm 2003), edited volume

• The First-Century Synagogue, Critical Reassessments and Assessments of the Critical / I. Lee Levine / Religion and Society in Roman Palestine, Old Questions New Approaches, London, (Edwards, D. 2004), edited volume

Articles in academic journals

• Josephus’s Description of the Jerusalem Temple: War, Antiquities, and Other Sources / I. Lee Levine / Cathedra 77, (1995)

External links

• Wikipedia