AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.    January 2-5, 2003
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Thursday, January 2, 2003

2:00-3:45 p.m.
Section on Jewish Law

Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University, Chair

Wilson C
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Mezzanine Level

Prophecy and Law

Speakers:
  • Is the Ideal Legislator a Prophet?
    Noah R. Feldman, New York University

  • Interpretation, Legislation, and Prophecy
    Samuel J. Levine, Pepperdine University

  • Prophecy, Truth, and Authority
    Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University
This panel will examine the role of the prophet in the Jewish legal and political tradition. Does the prophet have authority over the law and how does the law regulate the prophet? The panel also will draw on the comparative perspective of Islamic law and philosophy.

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion

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