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<p>"That over forty years after they were delivered these famous but unavailable Gifford Lectures should be published is occasion for celebration. Once again we hear Daube’s voice, patient and probing, as he turns over, tests, pushes fresh inquiries, and finds new insights. No man has had such a subtle sense of scriptural texts matched by such a supple sense of the practices and peculiarities of human beings engaged in the legal process. <i>Law and Wisdom in the Bible</i> is classic Daube." mdash;John T. Noonan Jr., United States Circuit Judge</p> <p>David Daube (1909–99) was known for his unique and sophisticated research on Roman law, biblical law, Jewish Law, and medical ethics. In <i>Law and Wisdom in the Bible</i>, the first published collection of his 1964 Gifford Lectures, Daube derives from his complex understanding of biblical texts both ancient and contemporary notions about wisdom, justice, and education.</p> <p>In addressing these and other profound issues, Daube crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries and bridges the gap between humanism and religion, especially with regard to Christianity and Judaism. With his sophisticated understanding of Talmudic law and litera

Author

David Daube

Publisher

West Conshohocken, Pa.: Templeton Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781599473451

Subjects

Religion, Christian