Lee I. Levine | |
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| Nationality | Israeli |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerson Cohen |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Yale University, Hebrew University |
| Website | http://jewishhistory.huji.ac.il/Profs/HU/Archaeology/levine.htm |
Lee I. Levine is an American-born Israeli rabbi, archaeologist and historian of classical Judaism. He is a strong believer in the ability of the Jewish people and Judaism to adapt to local settings as a key to survival. He is the author of Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity and The Ancient Synagogue, one of the most comprehensive texts on the subject.
Levine is a professor of Jewish history and archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received degrees at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), where he was ordained as a Conservative rabbi, and Columbia University. He was a student of Gerson Cohen.
In 1961, Levine married Mira Karp, whom he met at Camp Ramah.[1] Levine has also taught at Yale University and the Seminary of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem. He has directed several archaeological digs, among them a dig in Caesarea and the excavation of the Hurvat Amudim Synagogue.