Compiling the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum Et Romanarum in Late Antiquity

by Robert M. Frakes

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199589402
• ISBN13: 9780199589401
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"