Lee I. Levine | |
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Nationality | Israeli |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Columbia University |
Doctoral advisor | Gerson Cohen |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Yale University,Hebrew University |
Website | http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/Profs/HU/Archaeology/levine.htm |
Lee I. Levine is an American-born Israeli rabbi,archaeologist and historian of classical Judaism. He is a strong believer in the ability of the Jewish people and Judaism to adapt to local settings as a key to survival. He is the author of Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity and The Ancient Synagogue,one of the most comprehensive texts on the subject.
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,whom he met at Camp Ramah. [1] 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 Amudim Synagogue.
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