Remembering Babylon

Justice is a highly subjective idea. Every society throughout history has had legal codes with the hopes of achieving what they believed to be justice. However, because each society has different attitudes toward what they believe is just and even toward the purpose of their laws, historians have often seen different concepts arise. Two clear examples of societies having different concepts of justice and of the purpose of legal codes are the Mesopotamians, who believed that justice involved…

Propaganda is a form of large-scale persuasion that has been implemented in all civilizations throughout history. Many believe that propaganda was only used in totalitarian states, such as Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s; however, this is not at all the case. Propaganda dates back to the first recorded civilization, ancient Mesopotamia, in the 18th century BCE, and is still widely used in societies today, including the United States. Propaganda is defined as “biased or misleading information…

According to Harris’ Exploring the Bible, “...the Book of Isaiah represents and incorporates the three principal themes or concerns of Israel’s prophets: warnings of divine judgement, promises of forgiveness and reconciliation, and responsibilities of restoration” (163). However, what sets the book of Isaiah apart from the other prophet books is that it is actually compiled of three different prophets. These three prophets correspond with different periods of Judean history which take place…

the concept of law was governed by what is known as the Law Code of Hammurabi. This code was established by Hammurabi of Babylon, after taking control of most of Mesopotamia circa 1792-1750 BCE. This law can best be described by its main principle of “Lex Talionis”, a legal principle of having the punishment fit the crime. It was believed that prior to its introduction, Babylon suffered from disorder and chaos. Its people were governed by little more than their rulers personal interpretation…

In Seventeen-Fifty-Four B.C, Hammurabi’s code was established by the Babylonian King, Hammurabi. It was a handful of laws that was meant to protect the citizens of ancient Mesopotamia, now today, Iraq. Mesopotamia was also known as the Fertile Crescent, which was the region in Middle East. It was given that name because of its multiple advantages, that made Mesopotamia expand with agriculture, writing, and trades. The cultural components that make up most of the enforced laws are, society,…

Daniel’s supposedly flawed historical record is one of the main reasons critics reject its traditional date (Longman 375). The numerous historical errors contained within the work are thought to be impossible for any respectable sixth-century B.C. author (Harrison 1112). One alleged problem is the dating of Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem in B.C. 605 (Walton 526). Critics assert that Jeremiah’s record of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign and Daniel’s are contradictory (Dan. 1:1; Jer. 46:2; Archer, A…

Nearly 4,000 years ago, when the 4 empires ruled there was a man named Hammurabi who created a code of laws. Hammurabi ruled for 42 years in this time Hammurabi made 282 laws and Hammurabi listened to the god of justice Shamash. Hammurabi took over Mesopotamia Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian empire. Hammurabi took power in 1792 BCE. Hammurabi ruled over a population of about 1,000,000 people and most of his subjects were farmers.(BGE) Was Hammurabi´s code just? Hammurabi's code was just in of…

The Hammurabi codes are a series of laws made by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. These laws were carved on stone tablets and they are some of the oldest deciphered texts of such length. There were almost 300 of these laws made, and they are important because several of the core values these laws portrayed are still important today. Though the laws are quite brutal, if you modify them a bit, they would fit into society today. The most famous law in the Hammurabi codes is “An eye for an…

Hammurabi, king of Babylon, it is without saying that it is an honor to serve as one of your legal advisors. One can only hope to aid the king in his conquest to further the welfare of the people. The great gods, Enil and Anu, have granted you the duty to establish freedom, to preclude the weak from being overcome by the power of the strong, and to rise over the black-headed people as the bringer of civil law for the betterment of the Akkad and Sumer. As your legal advisor, it is my duty to…

Jonah and Nehemiah are two prophets that can teach us Christians a lot of life lessons and also how to deal with things when adversity strikes. The story of Jonah is one of the more well-known stories throughout the Bible, probably because we can learn so much from it in what is such a little book of God’s Word. It starts out with God telling Jonah to go to Nineveh, a great city that was weak in its beliefs. Jonah, instead of trusting in the Lord, fled to Tarshish. To get to Tarshish, he first…