The Torah: Its Purpose and Function

This year's Torah Conference speaker, Michael Gabizon, presents The Covenants in Scripture: The Promises of G-d. Michael Gabizon is currently a PhD candidate at McMaster University pursuing a degree in Religious Studies. He is currently researching the status of offspring from intermarried couples in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature. In this roundtable session, we will discuss the complexity surrounding "law" in the Hebrew Bible. We will look closely at the covenant structure in Exodus 20-24, focusing on its development throughout the text, and identify parallels in the ANE literature.