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Law from the Tigris to the Tiber: The Writings of Raymond Westbrook
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On July 23, 2009, as the preparations for this collection were nearing completion, Raymond Westbrook, the W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University, passed away. We had been contemplating the production of these volumes for some time and began work on them in earnest about one year ago, spurred in part by the progression of his illness. Although we had hoped to deliver the completed collection as a surprise, his rapid decline did not permit us to do that. Instead, we made Professor Westbrook aware of the project several weeks before his passing. We are, however, deeply saddened that he was not able to see it in its final form. He was an important role model and mentor for us over the years, and we offer these volumes as a modest tribute to his scholarly achievements, his impact on the field, and his particular contributions to our academic development.
Raymond Westbrook earned his B.A. in Law from Oxford University in 1968, studying with David Daube, H. L. A. Hart, and other prominent legal scholars. He then took his Ll.M. at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he worked with Reuven Yaron. Westbrook was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1976 and practiced law for a brief time. His Ph.D. in Assyriology was completed in 1982 at Yale University under J. J. Finkelstein and C. Wilcke. He arrived at Johns Hopkins in 1987, after he had taught in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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1st Edtion
978-1-57506-177-1
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Law from the Tigris to the Tiber: The Writings of Raymond Westbrook
Management
English
Eisenbrauns
2009
USA
1-1112
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