Yair Lorberbaum is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University, where he lectures on the philosophy of law, Jewish law, and Jewish thought. He has been a guest lecturer at Yale University, Cardozo Law School, Princeton University, and NYU Law School, and he has served as the Gruss Professor of Talmudic Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Professor Lorberbaum's book The Image of God (Tselem Elohim): Halakhah and Aggadah (2004) was awarded the Goldstein-Goren Prize for the best book in Jewish thought for 2004-7.
Introduction
1. Anthropomorphism in Talmudic literature: trends in Jewish thought and scholarly research
2. Anthropomorphism and imago dei - some basic distinctions
3. Halakhah and Aggadah
4. On terminology and methodology
5. The four modes of judicial execution
6. Image, likeness, and presence
7. Murder and capital punishment: diminishing the divine image
8. Procreation: 'an eternal building'
9. From the Temple to humanity: transformation in the focus of holiness
Epilogue.
