Law from the Tigris to the Tiber
Subtitle: the writings of Raymond Westbrook
By: Raymond Westbrook ; edited by Bruce Wells and Rachel Magdalene.
Contributors: Wells, Bruce.; Magdalene, F. Rachel.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781575061771; 9781575061757; 9781575061764
Subjects: Law -- Middle East -- History; Law, Ancient; Jewish law; Roman law; Law, Greek
Description: "Raymond Westbrook (1946-2009) was acknowledged by many as the world{u2019}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 years following the completion of his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1982. The first volume, The Shared Tradition, contains 16 articles that lay out Westbrook{u2019}s theory of a common legal tradition that spanned the ancient world from Mesopotamia to Israel and even to Greece and Rome. The second volume, Cuneiform and Biblical Sources, provides 28 articles that demonstrate Westbrook{u2019}s unique method of legal analysis that he applied to the numerous texts he worked with as an Assyriologist and biblical scholar, from law codes to contracts to narratives. Each volume contains its own comprehensive bibliography, as well as subject, author, and text indexes. Together, they represent the life{u2019}s work of one of the most important legal historians of our era." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-471) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The Shared tradition; title: v. 2. Cuneiform and biblical sources.