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The Laws of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi

The Laws of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi

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Religion General

ISBN10: 1443706736
ISBN13: 9781443706735
Publisher: Lowrie Pr
Published: Aug 25 2008
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
THE LAWS OF MOSES AND THE CODE OF HAMMURABI - BY STANLEY A. COOK - PREFACE - THE chief aim of the present study is to provide a full account of the contents of the recently discovered Babylonian Code of laws promulgated in the twentythird century before Christ by hammurabi, the king whose name has been identified with Amraphel, the contemporary of Abraham Gen. xiv.. The fact that it is the oldest collection of laws in existence, and the advanced state of culture which Babylonia had reached even at that remote period, make the Code one of the most notable discoveries in the history of cuneiform research, and the great interest which it has succeeded in arousing is evinced by the rapidly growing number of monographs, pamphlets, and articles which have already appeared.........

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