Flegg Family Annual Lecture - What is Divine about Divine Law?
Christine Hayes, Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica at Yale University, will be speaking about her forthcoming book:
Christine Hayes is one of the foremost contemporary scholars of Rabbinic Judaism and greatly in demand as a speaker. Her many works include Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identity: Intermarriage and Conversion from the Bible to the Talmud; The Emergence of Judaism, and her very popular Introduction to the Bible (available on-line at the Open Yale Course Series).
Professor Hayes's book may be ordered after the lecture at a special discounted price.
David Flatto, Associate Professor of Law, Religion, and History at Penn State Law, will be the respondent.
David Flatto received Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University, a J.D. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. (with distinction) from Harvard University. His research interests include Legal History, Constitutional Law, and Hebraic Political Theory. His recent articles include "The King and I: The Separation of Powers in Early Hebraic Political Theory," and "Its Good to be a King: The Monarch's Role in the Mishnah."