Join us at UBC for a free public lecture by Dr. Matthias Armgardt, Chair of Private Law, Ancient Legal History, Roman Law and Newer History of Private Law at Universität Konstanz

http://cnrs.ubc.ca/cnrs-events/event/dr-matthias-armgardt-roman-law-and-the-talmud/

Roman law and classical Jewish or Talmudic law share some remarkable similarities. They both feature complex normative systems that were developed by professional jurists. They also evolved during the same epoch – Roman law from the late Republic to 235 C.E., and early rabbinic law from the first centuries up until the redaction of the Mishnah (the foundational work of rabbinic law) by Rabbi Judah the Prince around 200 C.E. This lecture will examine Roman and Talmudic laws on the activity of foreign merchants in local marketplaces. While the Mishnah protected the rights of foreign merchants, a Severan rescript by the Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla from 204 C.E. rejects such protection. This lecture will shed light on the inter-relationship between Roman and Jewish legal traditions.

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies and the UBC Diamond Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics