M Derrett
Biographic Data
| ID | 705290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Derrett |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Derrett |
| SIGNATURE | DERRETT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 2University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Homer in India: The Birth of the Buddha
This study has a limited object, but it touches upon a pregnant theme. Not long ago it was supposed that Indian texts which resembled Western were either so clearly older than the latter that, if contact could be posited, the latter must have learnt from the former, or the themes must be testimony to a common inheritance of the sundered portions of an Indo-European “race”. The relative dates of texts have come into question, and the prospect that…
A Camel Through the Eye of a Needle
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More’s Silence and His Trial
Whatever Happened To the Land Flowing With Milk and Honey
Thomas More ‘Exposed’
The Manger: Ritual Law and Soteriology
Law in the New Testament: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Luke xv. 11–32, an elaborate, circumstantial, in fact the longest, parable, calls now for the endeavours of a symposium. This paper cannot do more than open the legal aspects, which have already been handled by Professor David Daube and Professor Jean Dauvillier, and the symbolic aspects, which have been ignored. A complete investigation of the symbolism is not to be looked for until the midrashic links between the parable and its associated pass…
More’s Utopia and Indians in Europe
The ‘New’ Document on Thomas More’s Trail
Law and the Social Order in India before the Muhammadan Conquests
The centuries which are best documented are not those about which most has been written from the jurisprudential point of view. Far more has been written about the law and society of the sūtras and the early smṛtis than about the era of the great commentaries and primary treatises, and the well-known works of N. C. Sen-Gupta and S. C. Banerji illustrate the general position. For the historian of Indian society period between about 800 and 1200 of…
Fresh Light on St Luke xvi. I. The Parable of the Unjust Steward
Discussions of this chapter tend to show the need for background knowledge. Much as commentators disagree as to the meaning of the parable of the Steward, 1 all are agreed as to the embarrassment it has caused. 2 Attempts to connect the parable with earlier and subsequent matter have been few, and scarcely convincing. Because the parable has not been understood, keys to the connexion between the verses which complete the chapter, and indeed betwe…
The Right To Earn in Ancient India
An Indian Contribution to the Study of Property
Fundamental concepts are often the more difficult to define because of their ubiquitous employment, and though the majority of people are content to do without a definition the lack of one stands as a perpetual challenge to human intelligence. Property is just such a concept, standing upon the frontiers of linguistics, law, and logic without deriving final shape from any of them. Since no legal transaction or dealing could take place without it, …
Law and the Social Order in India before the Muhammadan Conquests
The centuries which are best documented are not those about which most has been written from the jurisprudential point of view. Far more has been written about the law and society of the sūtras and the early smṛtis than about the era of the great commentaries and primary treatises, and the well-known works of N. C. Sen-Gupta and S. C. Banerji illustrate the general position. For the historian of Indian society period between about 800 and 1200 of…
Homer in India: The Birth of the Buddha
This study has a limited object, but it touches upon a pregnant theme. Not long ago it was supposed that Indian texts which resembled Western were either so clearly older than the latter that, if contact could be posited, the latter must have learnt from the former, or the themes must be testimony to a common inheritance of the sundered portions of an Indo-European “race”. The relative dates of texts have come into question, and the prospect that…
An Indian Contribution to the Study of Property
Fundamental concepts are often the more difficult to define because of their ubiquitous employment, and though the majority of people are content to do without a definition the lack of one stands as a perpetual challenge to human intelligence. Property is just such a concept, standing upon the frontiers of linguistics, law, and logic without deriving final shape from any of them. Since no legal transaction or dealing could take place without it, …
The Right To Earn in Ancient India
Fresh Light on St Luke xvi. I. The Parable of the Unjust Steward
Discussions of this chapter tend to show the need for background knowledge. Much as commentators disagree as to the meaning of the parable of the Steward, 1 all are agreed as to the embarrassment it has caused. 2 Attempts to connect the parable with earlier and subsequent matter have been few, and scarcely convincing. Because the parable has not been understood, keys to the connexion between the verses which complete the chapter, and indeed betwe…
The ‘New’ Document on Thomas More’s Trail
Law and the Social Order in India before the Muhammadan Conquests
The centuries which are best documented are not those about which most has been written from the jurisprudential point of view. Far more has been written about the law and society of the sūtras and the early smṛtis than about the era of the great commentaries and primary treatises, and the well-known works of N. C. Sen-Gupta and S. C. Banerji illustrate the general position. For the historian of Indian society period between about 800 and 1200 of…
More’s Utopia and Indians in Europe
Law in the New Testament: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Luke xv. 11–32, an elaborate, circumstantial, in fact the longest, parable, calls now for the endeavours of a symposium. This paper cannot do more than open the legal aspects, which have already been handled by Professor David Daube and Professor Jean Dauvillier, and the symbolic aspects, which have been ignored. A complete investigation of the symbolism is not to be looked for until the midrashic links between the parable and its associated pass…
The Manger: Ritual Law and Soteriology
Thomas More ‘Exposed’
Whatever Happened To the Land Flowing With Milk and Honey
More’s Silence and His Trial
A Camel Through the Eye of a Needle
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Homer in India: The Birth of the Buddha
This study has a limited object, but it touches upon a pregnant theme. Not long ago it was supposed that Indian texts which resembled Western were either so clearly older than the latter that, if contact could be posited, the latter must have learnt from the former, or the themes must be testimony to a common inheritance of the sundered portions of an Indo-European “race”. The relative dates of texts have come into question, and the prospect that…
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