OU Photo Collage
@ the university of oklahoma
  
 
455 West Lindsey Street, Room 403A
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2004  
phone:
405.325.6002
fax:
405.325.4503



 



 
 
Alan T. Levenson

Schusterman Professor
Jewish History

Professor Levenson holds the Schusterman Professorship of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History and has written extensively on the Jewish experience for both scholarly and popular audiences. He is the author of three books and many articles and is considered a leading authority on the modern Jewish experience. His book, Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 was nominated for a National Jewish Book Award Prize and his textbook Modern Jewish Thinkers(2nd edition) is widely used in classes on Jewish thought. He has won a number of prestigious fellowships, including an ACLS, and has lectured in the United States, Israel and Germany. He is currently at work on three major projects: a history of Bible translations/commentaries in the modern era, a congregational history of Brith Emeth synagogue (Cleveland), and, as General editor, the Blackwell Companion to Jewish History. He received his BA/MA from Brown University and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.

Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932 An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers: From Spinoza to Soloveitchik      

 

 
 

Alan Levenson

alevenson@ou.edu