David Daube

David Daube
Born(1909-02-08)8 February 1909
Died24 February 1999(1999-02-24) (aged 90)
TitleProfessor-in-Residence at UC-Berkeley's law school
Spouse(s)Herta Babette (Affseesser)
Helen Smelser (Margolis)
Children3
Academic background
EducationBerthold-Gymnasium, Freiburg
University of Freiburg
University of Göttingen
University of Cambridge
InfluencesOtto Lenel
Academic work
DisciplineAncient and Biblical Law
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
University of California, Berkeley
InfluencedE. P. Sanders[1]
four square brass plaques engraved with names and dates
'Stolpersteine' in front of Goethestraße 35, 79100 Freiburg im Breisgau, for Jakob Daube, Selma Daube née Ascher, Dr. Benjamin Daube and Dr. David Daube

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Pace, Eric (March 8, 1999). "David Daube, 90, an Authority On Talmudic and Roman Law". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Rodger, Alan Eric (5 March 1999). "Obituary: Professor David Daube". The Independent. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Independent (London) March 5th 1999". www.law.berkeley.edu.
  5. ^ Lord (Alan) Rodger, "David Daube (1909–1999)" in Jurists Uprooted (Oxford, 2004), p. 240.
  6. ^ "New York Times – March 8th 1999". www.law.berkeley.edu.
  7. ^ "David Daube Tribute – W.D. Davies". www.law.berkeley.edu.