Author: Martin Persson NilssonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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James H. Oliver, the Athenian Expounders of Sacred and Ancestral Law
Author: Martin Persson NilssonThe Athenian Expounders of the Sacred and Ancestral Law
Author: James Henry OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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The Athenian Expounders of the Social Sacred and Ancestral Law
Author: James Henry OliverRezension Von Felix Jacoby: Atthis, the Local Chronicles of Ancient Athens ; James H. Oliver: The Athenian Expounders of the Sacred and Ancestral Law
Author: Hermann BengtsonAthenian Homicide Law in the Age of the Orators
Author: Douglas M. MacDowellPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719057427
Category : Homicide
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Athenian Law and Society
Author: Konstantinos A. KapparisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317177517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Athenian Law and Society focuses upon the intersection of law and society in classical Athens, in relation to topics like politics, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, gender studies, economics, citizenship, slavery, crime, and violence. The book explores the circumstances and broader context which led to the establishment of the laws of Athens, and how these laws influenced the lives and action of Athenian citizens, by examining a wide range of sources from classical and late antique history and literature. Kapparis also explores later literature on Athenian law from the Renaissance up to the 20th and 21st centuries, examining the long-lasting impact of the world’s first democracy. Athenian Law and Society is a study of the intersection between law and society in classical Athens that has a wide range of applications to study of the Athenian polis, as well as law, democracy, and politics in both classical and more modern settings.
The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text
Author: Paul D. MandelPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004336885
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
In The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text, Paul Mandel presents a comprehensive study of the words darash and midrash from the Bible until the early rabbinic periods (3rd century CE). In contrast to current understandings in which the words are identified with modes of analysis of the biblical text, Mandel claims that they refer to instruction in law and not to an interpretation of text. Mandel traces the use of these words as they are associated with the scribe (sofer), the doresh ha-torah in the Dead Sea scrolls, the “exegetes of the laws” in the writings of Josephus and the rabbinic “sage” (ḥakham), showing the development of the uses of midrash as a form of instruction throughout these periods.
Constitution of Athens and Related Texts
Author: AristotlePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439119619
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A refreshing approach to the study of major Western philosophers. Introductory essays by noted scholars enliven each volume with insights into the human side of the great thinkers, and provide authoritative discussions of the historical background, evolution and importance of their ideas. Highly recommended as stimulating classroom text.
A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus
Author: Andrew Roy DyckPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472113248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
"Andrew R. Dyck's full commentary on this work is the first to appear in English or any other language for over a century. Whereas previous commentaries focused primarily on grammar and textual criticism, this one, while not neglecting those areas, insightfully relates the text to the trends, political, philosophical, and religious, of Cicero's times; identifies the influences on Cicero's thinking; and analyzes the relation of this theoretical treatise to his other utterances, public and private, of the time."--BOOK JACKET.
The End of Meaning
Author: Matthew GumpertPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443839434
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The specter of the apocalypse has always been a semiotic fantasy: only at the end of all things will their true meaning be revealed. Our long romance with catastrophe is inseparable from the Western hermeneutical tradition: our search for an elusive truth, one that can only be uncovered through the interminable work of interpretation. Catastrophe terrifies and tantalizes to the extent it promises an end to this task. 9/11 is this book’s beginning, but not its end. Here, it seemed, was the apocalypse America had long been waiting for; until it became just another event. And, indeed, the real lesson of 9/11 may be that catastrophe is the purest form of the event. From the poetry of classical Greece to the popular culture of contemporary America, The End of Meaning seeks to demonstrate that catastrophe, precisely as the notion of the sui generis, has always been generic. This is not a book on the great catastrophes of the West; it offers no canon of catastrophe, no history of the catastrophic. The End of Meaning asks, instead, what if meaning itself is a catastrophe?