Ox That Gored: A Reprint of Transaction of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 71, No. 2 Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 71, P (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781422374788)

This is a print on demand publication. The author spent many years collecting the material which forms the basis for this volume which draws on his preliminary studies & adds much new material. When Finkelstein died in Nov. 1974, he left a draft of a comprehensive work on the subject of the goring ox & related topics. Contents: (Part I): Apperceptions & categorizations; The Mesopotamian & biblical laws of the goring ox: Some categorical considerations; The laws of the goring ox; The Mesopotamian laws & their contexts; The biblical rules; & Reflections; (Part II): The trial of animals: The intellectual background of the inquiry; The classical sources & the ethnographic evidence; Animal trials in medieval Europe; The deodands in early English law; & Animal trials in the U.S.

Author: J. J. Finkelstein
ISBN-10: 1422374785
ISBN-13: 9781422374788
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1981
Pages: 89
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d