David Daube | |
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| Born | 8 February 1909 |
| Died | 24 February 1999 (aged 90) |
| Title | Professor-in-Residence at UC-Berkeley's law school |
| Spouse(s) | Herta Babette (Affseesser) Helen Smelser (Margolis) |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Berthold-Gymnasium, Freiburg University of Freiburg University of Göttingen University of Cambridge |
| Influences | Otto Lenel |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient and Biblical Law |
| Institutions | University of Oxford University of California, Berkeley |
| Influenced | E. P. Sanders[1] |
David Daube FBA (8 February 1909, in Freiburg, Germany – 24 February 1999, in Berkeley, California) was the twentieth century's preeminent scholar of ancient law.[2][3][4] He combined a familiarity with many legal systems, particularly Roman law and biblical law, with an expertise in Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian literature, and used literary, religious, and legal texts to illuminate each other and, among other things, to "transform the position of Roman law"[5] and to launch a "revolution"[6] or "near revolution"[7] in New Testament studies.
- ^ Sanders, E. P. (2004). "Comparing Judaism and Christianity: An Academic Autobiography" (PDF). p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2004. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ Pace, Eric (March 8, 1999). "David Daube, 90, an Authority On Talmudic and Roman Law". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ Rodger, Alan Eric (5 March 1999). "Obituary: Professor David Daube". The Independent. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ "Independent (London) March 5th 1999". www.law.berkeley.edu.
- ^ Lord (Alan) Rodger, "David Daube (1909–1999)" in Jurists Uprooted (Oxford, 2004), p. 240.
- ^ "New York Times – March 8th 1999". www.law.berkeley.edu.
- ^ "David Daube Tribute – W.D. Davies". www.law.berkeley.edu.