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Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida
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Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Part-Time Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson College