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We all choose how to read religious texts, says Vanderbilt Divinity School New Testament and Jewish studies professor Amy-Jill Levine, co-editor of \u201cThe Jewish Annotated New Testament\u201d (Oxford University Press, 2011) . \u201cAnd what we can do is read graciously in the presence of our neighbor.\u201d Watch more of our interview with her about the Jewish story of the New Testament.<\/p>\n

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