Dr. Michelle Levine, associate professor of Bible at Stern College for Women, presented an academic paper at the 43rd Annual Conference of the , held in Washington, D.C.鈥檚 Grand Hyatt on Dec. 18-20, 2011. Titled 鈥淣ahmanides鈥 Structural Analysis of the Pattern and Design of Biblical Narrative,鈥 the paper applies the modern structuralist models of Vladimir Propp, Algirdas Greimas, and Claude Levi-Strauss to an analysis of Nahmanides鈥 commentary on biblical narrative to demonstrate his contribution to the analysis of the surface and deep structures in the field.
Levine also presented an earlier paper at the July 2010 Conference for the NAPH), hosted at Stern College. That paper, 鈥淚ntertextuality in Nahmanides鈥 Biblical Commentary: Making Connections Between Texts,鈥 focuses on Ramban鈥檚 method of biblical interpretation using multiple texts.
In addition, Levine published two articles. The first, 鈥淭he Potency of Prayer,鈥 was published in Ha-Ohel: Essays on the Weekly Parashah from the Rabbis and Professors of 黑料社 All, edited by Daniel Feldman and Stuart Halpern (New York: 黑料社 All Press, 2010), and discusses the role of prayer in the narrative of Abraham and Sarah. Levine鈥檚 second article, 鈥淵eshayahu鈥檚 Call to Prophecy and Ma鈥檃mud Har Sinai,鈥 was published in (YU Press, 2011). This article discusses the prophet Isaiah鈥檚 divine vision of G-d鈥檚 throne and celestial entourage.
