What I find striking in these readings is the severity with which seemingly minor infractions were punished. The death penalty is rampant through-out the code of Hammurabi. Alongside this theme of violence which is found in both writings, I find references to sexism just about everywhere I find a reference to women.
Another striking element in these readings are the parallels between them and the bible. Even the tone of the writing in the code of Hammurabi sounds very much like something out of that text despite the fact that one culture is polytheistic and the other is monotheistic with a few thousand years in between. Yet, out of the polytheistic religion comes this monotheistic religion... How? And what effect does this have on social order? I need to understand more about the history and so I plan on spending a good deal of time reading into it, but I would be interested to hear other’s thoughts and/or information about it as well.
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