Law from the Tigris to the Tiber : the writings of Raymond Westbrook. Vol. 1, The shared tradition

Law from the Tigris to the Tiber : Vol. 1, The shared tradition / the writings of Raymond Westbrook. Raymond Westbrook ; edited by Bruce Wells and Rachel Magdalene.

Raymond Westbrook (1946-2009) was acknowledged by many as the world's foremost expert on the legal systems of the ancient Near East and a leading scholar in the study of biblical and classical law. This collection brings together the 44 most important articles that Westbrook published in the 25...

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Main Author: Westbrook, Raymond
Other Authors: Wells, Bruce, Magdalene, F. Rachel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2009.
Subjects:
Law > Middle East > History.
Law, Ancient.
Jewish law.
Roman law.
Law, Greek.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Comparative.
LAW > Customary.
Jewish law
Law
Law, Ancient
Law, Greek
Roman law
Middle East
History
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Volume 1""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction The Idea of a Shared Tradition""; ""Part One The Tradition in the Law Codes""; ""The Tradition in the Law Codes""; ""Biblical and Cuneiform Law Codes""; ""The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables""; ""Cuneiform Law Codes and the Origins of Legislation""; ""What Is the Covenant Code?""; ""Codification and Canonization""; ""Codex Hammurabi and the Ends of the Earth""; ""Part Two The Tradition in Legal Practice""; ""Social Justice in the Ancient Near East""; ""Slave and Master in Ancient Near Eastern Law""
  • ""Patronage in the Ancient Near East""""Adultery in Ancient Near Eastern Law""; ""Witchcraft and the Law in the Ancient Near East""; ""Part Three The Tradition in Greco-Roman Law""; ""The Trial Scene in the Iliad""; ""Penelopeâ€?s Dowry and Odysseusâ€? Kingship""; ""The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia""; ""Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law""; ""Vitae Necisque Potestas""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""Index of Ancient Sources""; ""Volume 2""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction Law as Method""
  • ""Part One Cuneiform Sources""""The Edict of Tudhaliya IV""; ""Hard Times: CT 45 37""; ""The Liability of an Innocent Purchaser of Stolen Goods in Early Mesopotamian Law""; ""The Old Babylonian Term nap arum""; ""The Phrase “His Heart Is Satisfiedâ€? in Ancient Near Eastern Legal Sources""; ""The Case of the Elusive Debtors: CT 4 6a and CT 6 34b""; ""Social Justice and Creative Jurisprudence in Late Bronze Age Syria""; ""A Death in the Family: Codex Eshnunna 17-18 Revisited""; ""The Adoption Laws of Codex Hammurabi""; ""The Female Slave""; ""A Sumerian Freedman""
  • ""The Quality of Freedom in Neo-Babylonian Manumissions""""Judges in the Cuneiform Sources""; ""Evidentiary Procedure in the Middle Assyrian Laws""; ""z i z.d a / kissatum""; ""The Enforcement of Morals in Mesopotamian Law""; ""A Matter of Life and Death""; ""International Law in the Amarna Age""; ""Babylonian Diplomacy in the Amarna Letters""; ""Part Two Biblical Sources""; ""Biblical Law""; ""The Laws of Biblical Israel""; ""Lex Talionis and Exodus 21:22-25""; ""The Deposit Law of Exodus 22:6-12""; ""Who Led the Scapegoat in Leviticus 16:21?""
  • ""The Prohibition on Restoration of Marriage in Deuteronomy 24:1-4""""Riddles in Deuteronomic Law""; ""The Trial of Jeremiah""; ""Legalistic “Glossesâ€? in Biblical Narratives""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""Index of Ancient Sources""

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