Law, Rabbinization, and Social Networks: Some Experiments

Hayim Lapin is Robert H. Smith Professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, both at the University of Maryland. His research focus is the history of Palestine and Judaism in Antiquity, but he is interested in early Christianity, religion and society in Late Antiquity, Jewish history, and western religious traditions.

Lapin received his PhD in Religion from Columbia University. He has previously held fellowships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the European Institute of Advanced Study, the University of Maryland, and the Katz Center.