Testament as inheritance from Roman law

Applying the Old Testament Law Today

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS APPLY the Old Testament Law? Obviously commands in the Mosaic Law are important, for they make up a substantial portion of God's written revelation. Yet the Old Testament contains many laws that seem strange to modern readers (e.g., "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk," Exod. 34:26; "Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material," Lev. 19:19; "Make tassels...

Roman-Dutch law in modern South African succession law

New Testament Use of the Old Testament

The present writer has counted 224 direct citations introduced by a definite formula indicating the writer purposed to quote. To these must be added seven cases where a second quotation is introduced by the conjunction “and,” and 19 cases where a paraphrase or summary rather than a direct quotation follows the introductory formula. We may further note at least 45 instances where the similarity ...

Ovid, the law and Roman society on abortion.

"She who first taught abortion techniques deserved to die by this assault of her own devising." Such is the apparently savage attack made by Ovid, of all writers, in, of all places, one of the Amores. 1 In view of the intense controversy now going on, it may be intriguing if not helpful to consider the Roman view or views on abortion and the legal and social background to Ovid's two poems touch...

Risk Sharing, Diversification and Moral Hazard in Roman Palestine: Evidence from Agricultural Contract Law

We investigate the economic rationale for a law pertaining to tenancy in Roman Palestine, found in a Jewish legal text. This law allows for risk-sharing (through rent reduction) between tenant and landlord when the macro-economic situation is severe (makas medina), but not if the particular rental plot has a bad harvest. We consider and critique the possibility that the restriction of risk-shar...