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Alan T. Levenson holds the Schusterman/Josey Chair in Judaic History and is the Director of the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies at the
University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
. Levenson has written extensively on the modern Jewish experience for both scholarly and popular audiences. His book, ''Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932'' was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award Prize (paperback edition 2013), and his textbook, ''Modern Jewish Thinkers'', is widely used in classes on Jewish thought. He has won a number of prestigious fellowships, including an ACLS, and has lectured in the United States, Israel and Germany. Since arriving at the University of Oklahoma, he has completed four major projects: ''The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible'' (2011), a history of Bible translations/commentaries in the modern era; and, as General Editor, ''The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism'' (2012), ''Joseph: Portraits Through the Ages'' (2016), and most recently ''Maurice Samuel: Life and Letters of a Secular Jewish Contrarian'' (2022). He received his BA/MA from
Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
magna cum laude, and his Ph.D. from
Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
. Levenson's works are found in libraries worldwide.


Publications

* ''Maurice Samuel: Life and Letters of a Secular Jewish Contrarian'' (University of Alabama Press, 2022) * ''Joseph: Portraits Through the Ages'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2016) * ''Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002) * ''Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2004) * ''The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011) * ''The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jew and Judaism'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)


References

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