The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses
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- Hardcover
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Cosimo Classics
Fr. 31.90
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.12.2010
Verlag
Cosimo ClassicsSeitenzahl
128
Maße (L/B/H)
20.3/12.7/0.7 cm
Gewicht
147 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-61640-446-8
The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses are thousands-years old documents, evidence of the social structure and rules of ancient civilizations. The Code of Hammurabi is roughly one thousand years older than the Ten Commandments, or Laws of Moses, which were written in 1500 B.C., and is considered the oldest set of laws in existence. Promulgated by the king Hammurabi in roughly 2250 B.C., the Code is a set of rules guiding everyday life, listing everything from punishments for stealing and murder to the prices commanded for animals, products, and services. The famous "eye for an eye" maxim comes from the Hammurabi code: "If a man puts out the eye of an equal, his eye shall be put out." W.W. Davies' translation of The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses includes an explanation of the laws and their history, a Prologue by the author, the text of the codes with comments, an Epilogue, and a detailed Index. W.W. DAVIES was one of several translators of the famous Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses. Little to no information is known about him other than his work with the ancient text. A professor of Hebrew at Ohio Wesleyan University, Davies's translation was from 1905, published by Jennings and Graham in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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