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.

'… I highly recommend his work. Although originally published in 2004 in Hebrew, the translation of Lorberbaum's work makes accessible to English speakers an extremely important and valuable work on the history of Imago Dei, Jewish thought, theology, and role in Jewish thought. Even beyond the primary scope of the book, there are many fine jewels and nuggets to discover for one's own work.' William Brown, The Biblical Review

• 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.

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.

'… I highly recommend his work. Although originally published in 2004 in Hebrew, the translation of Lorberbaum's work makes accessible to English speakers an extremely important and valuable work on the history of Imago Dei, Jewish thought, theology, and role in Jewish thought. Even beyond the primary scope of the book, there are many fine jewels and nuggets to discover for one's own work.' William Brown, The Biblical Review

• 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.

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.

'… I highly recommend his work. Although originally published in 2004 in Hebrew, the translation of Lorberbaum's work makes accessible to English speakers an extremely important and valuable work on the history of Imago Dei, Jewish thought, theology, and role in Jewish thought. Even beyond the primary scope of the book, there are many fine jewels and nuggets to discover for one's own work.' William Brown, The Biblical Review

• 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.