This paper will consider the law codes of ancient Mesopotamia and compare them with the Moses’ Law Code and Jesus’ pronouncements at Gethsemane. Both the latter are here considered as offshoots of the Mesopotamian law traditions in that both function as founder declarations of future societal normalcy. In the ancient world such documents optimistically sounded […]
THE LAWS OF HAMMURABI AND THE COVENANT CODE:
How The Ancient Code Of Hammurabi Reveals A Society Both Similar And Alien To Ours
THE SCIENCES The almost 300 laws that make up Hammurabi’s Code show us what daily life was like more than 3,500 years ago. By Nathaniel ScharpingDec 1, 2020 4:45 PM (Credit: Louvre Museum, CC BY 3.0/Wikimedia Commons) Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news SIGN UP Great rulers throughout history have […]
Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Flood
Article Articles Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Flood By Pete Enns on June 01, 2010 The Bible in Ancient Context The Flood #Introduction The biblical flood story (Genesis 6-9) has certainly taken a beating over the last two or three centuries. The problems began in earnest once geologists realized that a literal submersion of the entire earth in […]
Hammurabi’s Code and the Law of Moses
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