Professor Yair Zakovitch (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) delivered a talk on “Intermarriage And Halachic Creativity” as part of the Orange County Community Scholars Program (OCCSP), podcasted Feburary 17, 2005.
The talk is available in m4a audio format:
Emeritus Professor John Rogerson presents the 2012 Beauchief Abbey Lent lectures at Beauchief Abbey, Sheffield: “Law & Justice in the Old Testament”. The five lectures are available as YouTube videos (the second lecture recorded in audio only).
Handouts for the five lectures may be downloaded here.
The laws of a society reflect to some extent its values and ideals. The laws in the Old Testament also do this, but there is an additional, prophetic factor, which means that Old Testament laws do not just have a regulative purpose, but also a transforming purpose. Thus, to study Old Testament laws means to study the prophetic impulse that sought to shape a society that reflected the divine image.
First Lecture:
‘What is the point of studying these things today?’
Lecture 2:
‘How should we approach the law “codes” in the Old Testament?’
Lecture 3:
‘The Covenant “Code”, Exodus 21.1-23.19’
Lecture 4:
‘The Deuteronomic “Code”, Deuteronomy 12.1-26.19‘
Final Lecture:
‘The Holiness Laws, Leviticus 19-26’
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