Ernest Metzger (ed), DAVID DAUBE: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS PRESENTED IN HONOUR OF DAVID DAUBE, A SCHOLAR OF ROMAN AND BIBLICAL LAW, ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH Glasgow: Traditio Iuris Romani (www.romanlegaltradition.org/TIR), 2010. 180 pp. ISBN 9780956642301. £10.
| Author | John W Cairns |
| DOI | 10.3366/elr.2011.0072 |
| Published date | 01 September 2011 |
| Date | 01 September 2011 |
| Pages | 502-503 |
On the 27th and 28th February 2009 the University of Aberdeen hosted a conference to commemorate David Daube, one of the most important scholars ever to have graced that great institution in its first half millennium of existence. It was a marvellous event. The first session examined Daube's time in Aberdeen. The second was devoted to Jewish studies, in the midst of which there was a break when those attending were able to examine some of Daube's papers, now donated to Aberdeen. In the evening at dinner Daube's family spoke and showed a set of wonderful photographs. The next morning was devoted to Daube's scholarship in Roman law, in a variety of contexts. This was followed by a discussion of aspects of his time at Berkeley. The conference concluded with some moving personal reminiscences by two of his most senior pupils, Alan Watson and Reuven Yaron.
In 2001, Aberdeen had already...
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