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The "Dark Side" of the Torah: Second Temple Writings, Rabbinic Literature, and Pauline Epistles

10 January 2024, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm

The "Dark Side" of the Torah lecture picture

Free online lecture by Professor Menahem Kister of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Sara Benisaac

The Torah is considered unanimously in ancient Jewish texts as life-giving. This lecture will scrutinize passages in Second Temple writings and rabbinic literature in which the Torah is conceived of as constituting a menace, resulting in severe punishments and death.

 

About the Speaker

Menahem Kister

Professor at Hebrew University, Jerusalem