Called by Stories: Biblical Sagas and Their Challenge for Law

by Milner S. Ball

Book Overview

Distinguished legal scholar and Presbyterian minister Milner S. Ball examines great sagas and tales from the Bible for the light they shed on the practice of law and on the meaning of a life lived in the legal profession. Scholars and laypersons alike typically think of the law as a discipline dominated by reason and empirical methods. Ball shows that many of the dilemmas and decisions that legal professionals confront are more usefully approached...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822325241
• ISBN13: 9780822325246
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"