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The Laws of Hammurabi
- At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions
Engelsk Hardback
The Laws of Hammurabi
- At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions
Engelsk Hardback

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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 an innovative 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 scribes in composing statutes that manifest systematization and implicit legal principles, and inserted the Laws of Hammurabi into the form of a royal inscription, shrewdly reshaping the genre. This tradition of scribal improvisation on a set of traditional cases continued outside of Mesopotamia. It influenced biblical law and the law of the Hittite empire significantly. The Laws of Hammurabi was also witness to the start of another stream of intellectual tradition. It became the subject of formal commentaries, marking a profound cultural shift. Scribes related to it in ways that diverged from prior attitudes; it became an object of study and of commentary, a genre that names itself as dependent on another text. The famous Laws of Hammurabi is here given the extensive attention it continues to merit.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780197525401
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0197525407
Udg. Dato:
17 nov 2020
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
236mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press Inc
Oplagsdato:
17 nov 2020
Forfatter(e):
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