Monday, April 6th, 2020
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Duane Hall Room 140 | Fordham University - Rose Hill
441 East Fordham Road | Bronx, NY | 10458
Whereas Jewish authors writing in Greek conceived of Mosaic law in universal terms, rabbinic literature presented Torah as a law that is the exclusive inheritance of Israel. What historical, political, cultural, legal, and religious factors account for such a contrast? In this lunch lecture, Katell Berthelot traces this surprising story about the Torah in the history of ancient Judaism, suggesting that rabbinic notions of Torah were impacted, at least in part, by Roman legal culture and its valoriation of Roman positive law.
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