Bernard M. Levinson

Welcome to Professor Bernard Levinson’s Academic Website.

Bernard M. Levinson serves as Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and of Law at the University of Minnesota, where he holds the Berman Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible. His research focuses on biblical and cuneiform law, textual reinterpretation in the Second Temple period, and the relation of the Bible to Western intellectual history. His research interests also include constitutional theory, the history of interpretation, and literary approaches to biblical studies. The interdisciplinary significance of his work has been recognized with appointments to the Institute for Advanced Study; the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin/Berlin Institute for Advanced Study; and the National Humanities Center. Most recently, he spent the 2012–2013 academic year at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, where he co-directed an international research team on a project entitled “Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Israel, North America, and Europe.” This site provides information about Professor Levinson's publications, courses, and latest research.

Available in Paperback:

https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-57506-259-4.html

http://www.eisenbrauns.com/item/LEVRIGHTCP

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/religion/biblical-studies-old-testament-hebrew-bible/legal-revision-and-religious-renewal-ancient-israel

https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/der-kreative-kanon-9783161517877

http://www.paulus.com.br/loja/revisao-legal-e-renovacao-religiosa-no-antigo-israel_p_2869.html?osCsid=gjmhg2p8oj3tg6al3i0rc3q3g4

http://www.edizionisanpaolo.it/religione_1/bibbia/lectio/libro/fino-alla-quarta-generazione.aspx

https://www.amazon.com/Formation-Pentateuch-Bridging-Forschungen-Testament/dp/3161538838

https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/theologie-und-religion/judaistik/51860/institutionalized-routine-prayers-at-qumran-fact-or-assumption

http://www.amazon.com/Deuteronomy-Hermeneutics-Innovation-Bernard-Levinson/dp/0195152883

Several of Prof. Levinson’s articles and chapters are available online at academia.edu and Social Science Research Network

News & Announcements

April 2020:

Levinson to be the SBL Plenary Speaker at the 2020 Regional AAR-SBL Conference. More info.

In Press:

Law, Society, and Religion: Essays in Memory of George E. Mendenhall. Edited by Bernard M. Levinson. Special volume for Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Language and Literatures 24 (forthcoming in 2020).

NEW!

Paul Heger, Institutionalized Routine Prayers at Qumran: Fact of Assumption? Posthumously edited by Bernard M. Levinson. Journal of Ancient Judaism, Supplements, Volume 32. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Reprecht, 2019.

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