Law from the Tigris to the Tiber : : The Writings of Raymond Westbrook /

Law from the Tigris to the Tiber : : The Writings of Raymond Westbrook / / Raymond Westbrook; ed. by F. Rachel Magdalene, Bruce Wells.

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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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Westbrook, Raymond,
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Magdalene, F. Rachel,
Wells, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2009
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1108 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • About the Editors
  • Introduction: The Idea of a Shared Tradition
  • Part One: The Tradition in the Law Codes
  • 1. Biblical and Cuneiform Law Codes
  • 2. The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables
  • 3. Cuneiform Law Codes and the Origins of Legislation
  • 4. What Is the Covenant Code?
  • 5. Codification and Canonization
  • 6. Codex Hammurabi and the Ends of the Earth
  • Part Two: The Tradition in Legal Practice
  • 7. Social Justice in the Ancient Near East
  • 8. Slave and Master in Ancient Near Eastern Law
  • 9. Patronage in the Ancient Near East
  • 10. Adultery in Ancient Near Eastern Law
  • 11. Witchcraft and the Law in the Ancient Near East
  • Part Three: The Tradition in Greco-Roman Law
  • 12. The Trial Scene in the Iliad
  • 13. Penelope's Dowry and Odysseus' Kingship
  • 14. The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia
  • 15. Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law
  • 16. Vitae Necisque Potestas
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Front Matter 2
  • Contents 2
  • Preface
  • About the Editors
  • Introduction: Law as Method
  • Part One: Cuneiform Sources
  • 1. The Edict of Tudhaliya IV
  • 2. Hard Times: CT 45 37
  • 3. The Liability of an Innocent Purchaser of Stolen Goods in Early Mesopotamian Law
  • 4. The Old Babylonian Term napṭarum
  • 5. The Phrase "His Heart Is Satisfied" in Ancient Near Eastern Legal Sources
  • 6. The Case of the Elusive Debtors: CT 4 6a and CT 6 34b
  • 7. Social Justice and Creative Jurisprudence in Late Bronze Age Syria
  • 8. A Death in the Family: Codex Eshnunna 17-18 Revisited
  • 9. The Adoption Laws of Codex Hammurabi
  • 10 The Female Slave
  • 11 A Sumerian Freedman
  • 12 The Quality of Freedom in Neo-Babylonian Manumissions
  • 13 Judges in the Cuneiform Sources
  • 14 Evidentiary Procedure in the Middle Assyrian Laws
  • 15 Ziz2. da / kiššātum
  • 16 The Enforcement of Morals in Mesopotamian Law
  • 17 A Matter of Life and Death
  • 18 International Law in the Amarna Age
  • 19 Babylonian Diplomacy in the Amarna Letters
  • Part Two: Biblical Sources
  • 20 Biblical Law
  • 21 The Laws of Biblical Israel
  • 22 Lex Talionis and Exodus 21:22-25
  • 23 The Deposit Law of Exodus 22:6-12
  • 24 Who Led the Scapegoat in Leviticus 16:21?
  • 25 The Prohibition on Restoration of Marriage in Deuteronomy 24:1-4
  • 26 Riddles in Deuteronomic Law
  • 27 The Trial of Jeremiah
  • 28 Legalistic "Glosses" in Biblical Narratives
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources

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