The 2008 Haskell Lectures at Oberlin College Marks 100th Anniversary of Distinguished Series

OBERLIN, OHIO – "The Son of Man and the Genealogy of Rabbinic Judaism" is the title of Oberlin College's 2008 Haskell Lectures series to be presented April 6, 7, and 9 by Daniel Boyarin, Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California at Berkeley.

Lecture  I:  Sunday, April 6, 7:30 PM
"Their Son of Man Problem and Mine: Reading Daniel 7"

Lecture II:  Monday, April 7, 7:30 PM
"From Simile to Redeemer: The Son of Man in 1 Enoch"

Lecture III:  Wednesday, April 9, 4:30 PM
"From Enoch to Metatron: The Son of Man in Rabbinic Judaism"

This year's event marks the 100th Anniversary of the Haskell Lectureship at Oberlin College. The lectures will be presented in the Hallock Auditorium in the College's Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, 122 Elm St.; they are free and open to the public.

Boyarin is the recipient of the 2006 Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion from the American Academy of Religion.

His books include Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity ; Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judaism ; A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity ; and Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash , a finalist for the 1990 National Jewish Book Award.

The Haskell Lectureship is sponsored by the Oberlin Department of Religion and is one of the most distinguished lectureships in the United States. It was established in 1899 by a generous bequest from the will of Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell to examine "Middle Eastern literature in its relation to the Bible and Christian teachings."

Professor James Frederick McCurdy gave the first series of lectures, titled "The Bible and the Ancient World," in May 1908. Through the years eminent scholars of international renown have continually added to the series' stature.

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