Compiling the Collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum in late antiquity / Robert M. Frakes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frakes, Robert M.

Series:

Oxford studies in Roman society and law

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Mosaicarum et Romanarum legum collatio.

Roman law--Sources.

Roman law.

Jewish law--Sources.

Jewish law.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 368 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

Latin text with English translation.

Summary:

"The expansion of Christianity and the codification of Roman law are two of the most significant facets of late antiquity. The Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum, or Collation of the Laws of Moses and the Romans, is one of the most perplexing works of late antiquity: a law book compiled at the end of the fourth century by an anonymous editor who wanted to show the similarity between laws of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and Roman law. Citing first laws from the Hebrew Bible - especially from Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy which he believed were written by Moses - the anonymous Collator then compared corresponding passages from Roman jurists and from Roman laws to form discussions on sixteen topics such as homicide, adultery, homosexuality, incest, and cruelty towards slaves. While earlier scholars wrestled with dating the Collatio, the religious identity of the Collator, and the purpose of the work, this book suggests that the Collator was a Christian lawyer writing in the last years of the fourth century in an attempt to draw pagan lawyers to seeing the connections between the law of a monotheistic God and traditional Roman law"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Collator

1 Approaching the Collator's World 11

A Diocletian's Inheritance 12

B Religion, Law, and Politics under the House of Constantine 17

C Church and State in the Mid Fourth Century 24

D Law, Religion, and the Age of Theodosius I 26

E Conclusion: Roman Law after the Fall of the West 32

12 Dating the Work 35

A Medieval and Early Modern Encounters with the Collatio 36

B Internal Evidence 51

C Closing the Window 59

D Conclusion: A Single Collator 64

3 The Collator's Sources 66

A Jurists and Laws 66

B The Collator's Bible 82

C Conclusion: The Collator's Library 97

4 The Collator's Method 99

A Structure 99

B Using Texts 111

G Conclusion: The Collator at Work 121

5 The Collator's Identity and Purpose 124

A Questions of Identity 125

B The Religious Angle 129

C The Collator's Audience and Purpose 140

D Conclusion: The Christian Collator 149

Part II The Work (Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum) Sigla 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-354) and indexes.

Contains:

Mosaicarum et Romanarum legum collatio. English & Latin.

ISBN:

9780199589401

0199589402

OCLC:

751744326