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The "Dark Side" of the Torah: Second Temple Writings, Rabbinic Literature, and Pauline Epistles
The "Dark Side" of the Torah: Second Temple Writings, Rabbinic Literature, and Pauline Epistles
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Free online lecture by Professor Menahem Kister of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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.