Reading Matthew from a Jewish Perspective

A virtual presentation by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Brettler

The event was co-sponsored by Beth El Phoenix

About The Event:

The Gospel of Matthew is often considered the most Jewish of the Gospels. We will explore its Jewishness by looking at how it builds upon various passages from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and how it relates to later rabbinic texts.

About The Speakers:

Amy-Jill Levine is the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace;  University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita, Vanderbilt University.

Marc Zvi Brettler is the Bernice and Morton Lerner Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies in the Dept. of Religious Studies at Duke University, and the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Literature Emeritus at Brandeis University.

Together they have edited The Jewish Annotated New Testament, and have written The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Book Differently.