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Jon D. Levenson
Jon D. Levenson studies the Hebrew Bible, its interpretation and Jewish traditions.
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Jon D. Levenson is Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, where he began teaching in 1988. He studies the HebrewHebrewA Northwest Semitic language in the Canaanite group, with ancient and modern forms.Glossary · Click to read the explanation Bible and its reinterpretation in ancient Judaism and rabbinic literature. ResurrectionResurrection of the deadThe dead returning to life, distinguished from soul immortality, with differing scope and form among texts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and the Restoration of Israel (2006) examines resurrection hope’s relationship to earlier Israelite resources and the transformations within that tradition. [1]
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