Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes

314 Royce Hall

Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. Ancient readers also suggested that David wrote...

POSTPONED: And God Laughed: Humor in the Bible

Online on Zoom

In light of the current circumstances confronting the Los Angeles region, UCLA is currently operating on remote status through Friday, January 17th. As a result, the Leve Center has postponed...

Navigating Religious Ethics: Beyond Secular Boundaries

Kaplan 365

This talk by Mairaj Syed (UC Davis) explores why religious ethical traditions should be studied not only descriptively but also as normative resources for constructive inquiry. In the secular academy,...

The Great Search with John Philip Newell

Royce Hall 306

The story of Adam and Eve’s fall from innocence in the Garden of Eden is a mythical account of humanity’s broken relationship with the divine, with Earth, and with themselves....