The Laws of Hammurabi: At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions
- ISBN-10
- 0197525407
- ISBN-13
- 9780197525401
- Category
- Babylonia
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Pamela Barmash
Description
Among the best-known and most esteemed people known from antiquity is the Babylonian king Hammurabi. His fame and reputation are due to the collection of laws written under his patronage. This book offers a new interpretation of the Laws of Hammurabi. Ancient scribes would demonstrate their legal flair by composing statutes on a set of traditional cases, articulating what they deemed just and fair. The scribe of the Laws of Hammurabi advanced beyond earlier scribesin articulating legal thinking. The tradition that inspired the Laws of Hammurabi continued outside of Mesopotamia. It influenced biblical law and may have shaped Greek and Roman law.
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