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- Condition
- Like New
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- Year Printed
- 2000
- Binding
- Paperback
- Subject
- Law & Government
- ISBN
- 9780822325246
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822325241
ISBN-13
9780822325246
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1673969
Product Key Features
Book Title
Called by Stories : Biblical Sagas and Their Challenge for Law
Number of Pages
277 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ethics, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Profession, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Law, Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
99-056925
Reviews
"Simply put, this book is extraordinary. Its author is a wordsmith of the very first order. He says strikingly original things about familiar old texts and acutely probes pressing contemporary issues. Milner Ball is deeply learned across traditional disciplinary lines, but he wears his learning lightly. A wise, clear, and funny conversationalist, he is also extraordinarily deep and inspiring."-Aviam Soifer, author of Law and the Company We Keep, "Simply put, this book is extraordinary. Its author is a wordsmith of the very first order. He says strikingly original things about familiar old texts and acutely probes pressing contemporary issues. Milner Ball is deeply learned across traditional disciplinary lines, but he wears his learning lightly. A wise, clear, and funny conversationalist, he is also extraordinarily deep and inspiring."--Aviam Soifer, author of Law and the Company We Keep, “Simply put, this book is extraordinary. Its author is a wordsmith of the very first order. He says strikingly original things about familiar old texts and acutely probes pressing contemporary issues. Milner Ball is deeply learned across traditional disciplinary lines, but he wears his learning lightly. A wise, clear, and funny conversationalist, he is also extraordinarily deep and inspiring.�-Aviam Soifer, author of Law and the Company We Keep, “This artful interweaving of literature and law evokes the power of biblical narrative to inform contemporary life. The result is a rich tapestry of words for sustained reflection and appropriation.�-Phyllis Trible, author of Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah, “Milner Ball has written a wonderful book, a sustained and fruitful meditation on the relation between fundamental biblical texts and possible meanings of the practice of law in modern America. He illuminates these crucial texts and the law itself in original, surprising, and highly persuasive ways. A truly impressive achievement.�-James Boyd White, author of Acts of Hope: The Creation of Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics, "Milner Ball has written a wonderful book, a sustained and fruitful meditation on the relation between fundamental biblical texts and possible meanings of the practice of law in modern America. He illuminates these crucial texts and the law itself in original, surprising, and highly persuasive ways. A truly impressive achievement."--James Boyd White, author of Acts of Hope: The Creation of Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics "This artful interweaving of literature and law evokes the power of biblical narrative to inform contemporary life. The result is a rich tapestry of words for sustained reflection and appropriation."--Phyllis Trible, author of Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah, "Milner Ball has written a wonderful book, a sustained and fruitful meditation on the relation between fundamental biblical texts and possible meanings of the practice of law in modern America. He illuminates these crucial texts and the law itself in original, surprising, and highly persuasive ways. A truly impressive achievement."-James Boyd White, author of Acts of Hope: The Creation of Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics, "Milner Ball has written a wonderful book, a sustained and fruitful meditation on the relation between fundamental biblical texts and possible meanings of the practice of law in modern America. He illuminates these crucial texts and the law itself in original, surprising, and highly persuasive ways. A truly impressive achievement."--James Boyd White, author of Acts of Hope: The Creation of Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics, "This artful interweaving of literature and law evokes the power of biblical narrative to inform contemporary life. The result is a rich tapestry of words for sustained reflection and appropriation."--Phyllis Trible, author of Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah, "This artful interweaving of literature and law evokes the power of biblical narrative to inform contemporary life. The result is a rich tapestry of words for sustained reflection and appropriation."-Phyllis Trible, author of Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
261.5
Table Of Content
Prologue I. Moses 1. Law and the "Mouth" for God 2. Intercession 3. Counsel for the Situation 4. The Word in Moses' Situation 5. The Risks 6. The Promise of Succession 7. The Promise of Justice 8. Psalm 114 II. The Encompassing Women 9. The Midwives 10. Socratic Midwifery That Isn't 11. Socratic Midwifery That Is 12. Are You the Lawyers? 13. Miriam 14. Rachel 15. Jeremiah's Rachel Poem 16. Law and Tears 17. The Womb of God and Tears III. The Gospel According to John 18. The Jerusalem Trial 19. The Gospel Trail: A Divine Lawsuit 20. A Reversal and Appeal 21. The Power of the Word: Two Women 22. The Power of the Word: Moses and the Spirit 23. The Power of the Word: Disbelief 24. John's Freedom from and for Law 25. Lawyer's Independence Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Index
Synopsis
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 through an experience of narrative in which we come to know ourselves and our actions through stories. He begins with the story of Moses, who is obliged both to speak for God to the Hebrews and to advocate for the Hebrews before God. What, asks Ball, does Moses's predicament say to lawyers professionally bound to zealous representation of only one client? In the story of Rachel, Ball finds insights that comprehend the role of tears and emotion in the judicial process. He relates these insights to specific contemporary situations, such as a plant closing and the subsequent movement of jobs to Mexico and legal disputes over the sovereignty of native Hawaiians. In a discussion of "The Gospel According to John," Ball points out that the writer of this gospel is free simultaneously to be critical of law and to rely extensively on it. Ball uses this narrative to explore the boundaries of free will and independence in lawyering. By venturing into the world of powerful events and biblical characters, Ball enables readers to contest their own expectations and fundamental assumptions. Employing legal theory, theology, and literary criticism, Called by Stories distills a wisdom in biblical texts that speaks specifically to the working life of legal professionals. As such, it will enrich lovers of narrative and poetry, ethicists, literary and biblical scholars, theologians, lawyers, law students, judges, and others who seek to discern deeper meanings in the texts that have shaped their lives., Examines sagas from the Bible and how they shed light on the practice of law and on meaning of life in the legal profession.
LC Classification Number
BS680.L33B35 2000
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