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Adriane Leveen
Dr. Leveen is a Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible on the New York Campus and Lead Judaica Specialist in the Jim Joseph initiatives at HUC. She received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from the University of California at Berkeley under the supervision of Robert Alter and a Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia University. Dr. Leveen is a trained psychotherapist and practiced for 17 years in both Israel and the United States before getting her doctorate in biblical studies. She has been published in Prooftexts, The Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Torah: A Women's Commentary, and Women Remaking American Judaism. Her book, Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. She is currently at work on a project analyzing the role of the Stranger in Biblical Narrative.
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2000)
- M.S., Columbia University (1983)
Lecture Titles
- Reading the Other in Biblical Texts: Hagar, Jethro and Balaalm
- Finding Our Way: Literary, Theological and Political Approaches to Reading Biblical Texts
- Portraits in Power: Saul, David and the Rise of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel
Publications
- Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers Cambridge University Press, 2008
- "Inside and Out: Jethro, The Midianites and a Biblical Conception of the Outsider" in JSOT Spring 2010
- Book Review of In Scripture by Lori Lefkovitz, Fall, 2010 AJS Review
- "Storytelling in the Bible" in The Jewish Bible, JPS Guide, eds. Shalom Paul, Fred Greenspahn, Ziony Zevit, The Jewish Publication Society, 2008
- "A Tent of One's Own: Feminist biblical scholarship, a popular novel and the fate of the biblical text" in Remaking American Judaism, ed. Riv-Ellen Prell, Wayne University Press, 2007
- Central Commentaries, The Torah: A Women's Commentary, Reform Judaism, URJ Press, December 2007
- "'Call Me Bitterness"': Individual Responses to Despair" in Healing and the Jewish Imagination, ed. William Cutter, Jewish Lights, 2007
- "Reading the Seams" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Volume 29.3, March 2005
- "Variations on a Theme: Differing Conceptions of Memory in the Book of Numbers" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 27.2 (2002) 201-221.
- "Falling in the Wilderness: Death Reports in the Book of Numbers" PROOFTEXTS, 22.3 (2002)
- "Memory and Reflection: Jacob's Story" JAGNES, Vol. 5, No. 2, Berkeley: 1995
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