Book #75445
Item #75445 Studies in Biblical Law. David Daube.
Studies in Biblical Law.

Studies in Biblical Law.

Daube, David. Studies in Biblical Law. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1947. viii, 328 pp. Reprint Legal Classics Library, 2002. Full decorative black calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, silk ribbon page marker. Bookplate on front pastedown else fine. $45. * Daube [1909-1999], a formidably learned scholar who held doctorates in biblical law and Roman law, was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge and a Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. An orthodox Jew, he received a thorough education in Hebrew, Aramaic and Talmudic law. This book collects five of his more important essays: "Law in the Narratives," "Codes and Codas," "Lex Talionis," "Communal Responsibility" and "Summum Ius-Summa Iniuria."

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