Women who followed Jesus Prominent women in the Early Church

The Principals’ Association of Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools and Mater Christi
College extend an invitation to a free evening seminar with Professor Amy-Jill Levine.
Women who followed Jesus
Prominent women in the Early Church
When:
Time:
Where:
Monday 27 May
5.30pm - 7.30pm.
Mater Christi College, 28 Bayview Rd, Belgrave
Bookings:
RSVP:
Contact Samantha Jackson 9757 0814 or events@materchristi.edu.au
Friday, May 24.
Professor Amy-Jill Levine
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies,
E. Rhodes and Leonda B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies and
Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts
and Sciences in Nashville Tennessee USA.
She is also Affiliated Professor, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian
Relations, Cambridge UK. Amy-Jill has been awarded grants from the Mellon
Foundation, the National Endowment for Humanities and the American Council
of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature,
the Catholic Biblical Association and the Association for Jewish Studies.
Her numerous publications include The Misunderstood Jew : The Church and the Scandal of the
Jewish Jesus; The Historical Jesus in Context; The Meaning of the Bible : What the Jewish
Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us; and The Jewish Annotated New
Testament.
A self described Yankee Jewish feminist, Dr Levine is a member of Congregation Sherith Israel, an
orthodox synagogue, although she is often quite unorthodox. She combines historical-critical
rigour, literary-critical sensitivity and a frequent dash of humour in her approach to her work.