RT Book
T1 The laws of Hammurabi: at the confluence of royal and scribal traditions
T2 Oxford scholarship online
A1 Barmash, Pamela 1966-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1738692159
AB 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 text offers a new 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 articulating legal thinking. The tradition that inspired the Laws of Hammurabi continued outside of Mesopotamia. It influenced biblical law and may have shaped Greek and Roman law.
NO Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 16, 2020)
SN 9780197525432
K1 Code of Hammurabi ; Influence
K1 Law, Assyro-Babylonian ; Sources
K1 Scribes ; Iraq ; Babylonia ; History ; To 1500
K1 Babylonia ; Politics and government
DO 10.1093/oso/9780197525401.001.0001