Levine on Jesus and ancient Judaism

INTERVIEW: Faces of Faith: Amy-Jill Levine wants you to understand Jesus’ world (ELAINE GARRISON, Kansas City Star).

Amy-Jill Levine, a New Testament and Jewish studies professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., is on a mission to show us Jesus as a first-century Jew. Followers will better understand Jesus’ teachings when they understand the world in which he lived, the roles of women, and the laws that governed that world.

Levine is making several appearances in Kansas City supporting her book, “Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi,” while talking with educational groups, churches and synagogues. While traveling, she answered a few questions by email:

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