Studies in Jewish legal history

To mark the occasion of David Daube's sixty-fifth birthday his friends and pupils have contributed to a special volume on the subject of Jewish legal history. These essays are intended as a tribute to a man whose historical and comparative approach to the study of Jewish and Roman law has provided revolutionary insights into the whole development and systematisation of the legal system. Only part of the scope of Daube's work is represented by the subjects of these studies, although they extend from Biblical law to a late mediaeval responsum, modern Hebrew literature and contemporary legal philosophy. All traditional areas of civil law, including marine insurance and what we now call labour law, are included. However, Jewish law cannot be pursued in isolation from the mainstream of Jewish studies and this volume includes papers on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Palestinian Targumim, and capital jurisdiction in the Roman province of Judaea.