The laws of Hammurabi : at the confluence of royal and scribal traditions / Pamela Barmash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barmash, Pamela, 1966- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scribes--Iraq--Babylonia--History--To 1500.

Scribes.

Babylonia--Politics and government.

Babylonia.

Code of Hammurabi--Influence.

Code of Hammurabi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Stela of the Laws of Hammurapi and the Representation of Political Power

Royal Legitimization Through the Establishment of Justice

The Laws of Hammurabi as a Royal Inscription

Scribes and Statutes

Excursus: Scribes and Scribal Education

Adoption in the Laws of Hammurabi

The Legal Authority of the Laws of Hammurabi

The Afterlife of the Laws of Hammurabi : The Continuation of Scribal Improvisation Outside of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Commentaries in Mesopotamia

Conclusion

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-752542-3

0-19-752543-1

0-19-752541-5