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Exodus: The Hammurabi Codemore
by Benjamin Jones
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)1Exodus: The
Hammurabi CodeThe 3ea.ionship
Be.ween 4osai5Law and .he
4esopo.amianLega Canon
In .he his.ory o#i.erary
5on-ersa.ion
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be.ween .he annas
o#4esopo.amiani.era
.ure and .he HebrewBibe6 .he s.ories
re#eren5ed in .heBoo7 o# 8enesis
areprobaby .hemos. immedia.ey
re5ogni9abe"
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4esopo.amian
#ood egends6 i7e.he .aeo# .rahasis
and .he s.ory o# U.( ;apish.i #rom .he
8igamesh epi56 arereminis5en. o#
.he#amous Bibi5as.ory o# ;oah<s ar7"
Howe-er6 .he
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5on-ersa.ion
be.ween .he Bibeand.he
4esopo.amian5anon rea5hes
beyond my.hoogy=.he .wo sour5es
ha-eremar7abysimiar
approa5hes .o
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jurispruden5e" The
Co-enan. Code6 .hese. o# aws gi-en
by>ahweh .o4oses6 who
5on-eyed .hem .o.he Israei.es6 bears
a mar7ed simiari.y.o .heaw 5odes o#
4esopo.amia6
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.he .wo do5umen.s
bear a s.rongresemban5e .o one
ano.her"Thissimiari.y begs
.he ?ues.ion: wha.was .he inspira.ion
#or .he Co-enan.Code@ Do
.hesimiari.ies
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be.ween .he Law o#
Hammurabi and .heCo-enan. Code
re#e5.simiari.iesbe.ween
.he ega sys.ems o#Babyon and Judah6
wi.h .he .wosys.ems and
re5ordsde-eoping
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simu.aneousy@ Ar
was .he aw inExodus
appropria.eddire5.y #rom
.heaws o#Hammurabi6 as a
phiosophi5a ors5hoary exer5ise@
Though i. is
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impossibe .o7now
wi.h any degree o#5er.ain.y6 bo.h
expana.ions may be par.y .rue" The
.wo se.s o#
2wri.ing woud
seem .o ha-e been
based on a 5ode and
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pra5.i5e o# aw
5ommon in.heregion6 ye. .he
simiari.ies be.ween.he Co-enan. Code
and .he Code o#Hammurabi
areenough .osugges. .ha. .he
au.hors o# Exodus
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were aware o#6 and
inspired by6.heBabyonian ega
do5umen."Howe-er6 .he .wo
do5umen.s aresu##i5ien.y
di##eren. .ha.i.seems more i7ey
.ha. .he rea.ionship
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.he Code o#
Hammurabi" The.wo .ex.s share
.heirbase #orma.: a bo57 o# 5asuis.i5
aw abu..ed onei.her side by
5hun7s o#apodi5.i5
aw!appearing in
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bo.h .ex.s in .he
#orm o# empha.i5s.a.emen.s$" The
5en.ra bo57o# 5asuis.i5 aw in
.he Co-enan. Codeand .he a..er ha# o#
.he Code o#Hammurabi
presen.simiar
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.hemes in a simiar
order")
Indeed6 as Da-idrigh. poin.s ou.:
;o o.her7nown5unei#orm
aw 5oe5.ion has
as many and
per-asi-e
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simiari.ies wi.h
.he Co-enan.CodeFas does .he Code o#
HammuabiF" ndno o.her bibi5a
5oe5.ion has asmanysimiari.ies .o
.he Laws o#HammurabiF as
does .he Co-enan.
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CodeF"2
To wha. ex.en. and
in wha. way .heCo-enan. Code
borrowed #rom .heLaws
o# Hammurabi is by
no means 5er.ain" I#
.he in.en. o# .he
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Co-enan. Code was
.o ay down.hees.abished and
a5.i-e aw o# .he.ime6 and i# .ha.
5en.ra body o# awwas hed in5ommon
wi.h 4esopo.amiaduring i.s Ad
Babyonian period6
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.hen bo.h 5odes
woudha-e beendrawing on .he
same exis.ing5orpus o# ega
.hough.6 expaining
.hesimiari.ies
be.ween .he .wodo5umen.s"
Howe-er6 i# .he
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Code o#
Hammurabi was no.are#e5.ion o#
a5.i-ey pra5.i5edaw6 bu. ser-ed
some o.her purpose6.hen .he in5usion
o#)
Da-id G" righ.6
In-en.ing 8od<s Law
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righ.6 In-en.ing 8od<s Law
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so mu5h o# i.s
s.ru5.ure in .heCo-enan. Code
5as.s .ha. do5umen.
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own .ime6 and nex.
.o 5onsider.hera.ionae behind i.s
.ransmission
.hrough .he
ages"The Code o#Hammurabi does
no. s.and aone in.he annas o#
4esopo.amianega
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wri.ing" I. is
pre5eded by .heaws o# Lipi.(Ish.ar6
Eshnunna6 and Ur(nammu6
and#oowed by .heneo(Babyonian
Laws6 ssyrianLaws6 and Hi..i.e
Laws" .hese
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aw5odes bear
s.yis.i5 simiari.ies.o one ano.her: .hey
are in arge par.5omprised
o# 5asuis.i5 i# .hen B< s.a.emen.s6
whi5h are groupedin.o .hemes6 e"g"6
aws
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5on5erningmurder6
sexua.ransgressions6 or
.he#." A#.en6 .wo
.ex.s wi share
remar7aby simiar6ore-en iden.i5a
anguage"
Con.ras. .his
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passage #rom .he
Code o# Ur(namma:I# a manpresen.s
himse# as a wi.ness bu. re#uses .o .a7e
.he oa.h6 he shama7e 5ompensa.ion
o# wha.e-er was .heobje5. o# .he 5ase&
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6 wi.h .his one #rom
.he Code o#Hammurabi: I#
aman in a 5ase bear#ase wi.ness6 or do
no. es.abish .he.es.imony .ha. he
has gi-en6 i# .ha.5ase be a 5ase
in-o-ing i#e6 .ha.
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man sha be pu. .o
dea.h" I# a man bears wi.ness#or
grain or money6 hesha himse# bear
.he pena.y imposedin .ha. 5ase/
" Though
.hephrasing has
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#undamen.ameaning remains
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a re#usa .o .a7e .heoa.h was 5onsidered
ei.her an admissiono# gui.6 or
are5ogni.ion o# .he
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woud ha-e .o perjure onese#"
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wi.ness whosub-er.s .he ega
pro5ess by re#using.o .es.i#y or
.es.i#ying #asey
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