Nan Goodman has held for the past two years a very prestigious position in Jewish academia, as director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado, but she came to that place in a most unexpected and roundabout way — through Islam and Christianity. Obviously in love with her job, and always ready with an infectious laugh when something strikes her as funny or ironic, Goodman delivers such a laugh when she explains the circuitous way that she has arrived at her present destination. The humorous moment gone, Goodman shifts into her equally comfortable serious and scholastic gear. The hallmark of her academic career has long been what might be termed a confluence of disciplines, a mutual and simultaneous fascination with the […]
Literature meets law
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