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. 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" and to launch a "revolution" or "near revolution" in New Testament studies.
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 |
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