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The Laws of Hammurabi - At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions (Hardcover)
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The Laws of Hammurabi - At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions (Hardcover)
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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.
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