The Sherman Lectures 2010 will be delivered by Prof. Bernard Jackson, Professor Emeritus of University of Manchester and Professor of Law and Jewish Studies at Liverpool Hope University, on 'Halakhah and the Heritage of Israel ', April  19-22 2010.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATES OF THE SHERMAN LECTURES HAVE CHANGED. THEY WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN THE WEEK COMMENCING 19 APRIL 2010.

The lectures taking place during the working week will be delivered in the Arts Lecture Theatre of the Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester (Building 67 on Campus Map) at 5.15 p.m. on each day..

Click links below for abstracts:

1. Monday 19th April 2010: ''Heritage and Inheritance in the Hebrew Bible'

2. Tuesday 20th April 2010: 'Between the Hebrew Bible and the Rabbis'

3. Wednesday 21st April 2010: 'The Rabbinic Inheritance'

4. Thursday 22nd April 2010: 'Halakhah and the "Heritage of Israel" in the State of Israel'

Prof. Bernard Jackson

Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester. Formerly Alliance Professor of Modern Jewish Studies; Co-Director of the Centre. Research in the History and Philosophy of Jewish law and its Modern Application including the problem of the agunah. He has now taken up a part-time appointment as Professor of Law and Jewish Studies at Liverpool Hope University.