Jon D. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School and the author, most recently, of Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Princeton University Press). Also by this author Dual-Covenant Theology vs. Dual-Truth Theory Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the November 5, 2004 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Lethally Stupid By The Editors August 27, 2026 The Prevost Smile By Max Foley-Keene September 8, 2026 Convert Alert! By Eve Tushnet September 2, 2026