The Hebrew Bible's Ancient Avengers

• 📅Tuesday, November 17, 2026 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• 📍Hinckley Center Third Floor Lecture Hall · Provo, UT
• 👥Brigham Young University
• 💰Free

Long before Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Batman and the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Hebrew Bible’s Ancient Avengers were inspiring Americans. Ripped from the story from ancient Israel, the figures of Samson, Esther, Elijah, and David served as spiritual sustenance to freedom fighters, politicians, and pundits striving to see the United States live up to its founding ideals. In this lecture we will examine how these Hebraic heroes shaped the American story from its founding era to today. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern serves as the senior advisor to the provost as well as the deputy director and chief strategy officer of the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. In addition to his doctorate in education, Rabbi Halpern has master’s More info: https://calendar.byu.edu/other/the-hebrew-bibles-ancient-avengers-2026-11-17