Hammurabi’s code and the Ten Commandments Comparison

Hammurabi was ruler of the Babylonian dynasty from 1792-1750 B. C. And is responsible for one of the earliest heavy codes in history The Laws. The Laws is a form of constitution, an organized code of tender rules, rights of people and legal standards. Hammurabi felt that he was a sort of instrumental role of the gods and that it was his role to implement The Laws as a form of righteous arbitrator with a divine authority. The underlying principle for The Laws is an eye for an eye having try and effect for physical actions and moral situations while setting scotch standards.A good enough example of The Laws having a cause and effect while setting an economic standard is stated If a valet gives to a nonher silver, gold or anything else on deposit in the presence of witnesses and the latter disputes with him or denies it, they shall bring overmatch that man to account and he shall double whatever he has repugn and repay it. It sets a standard for putting a deposit down and al so sets an effect should one of the parties try to lie about that deposit.The Laws was forrad of its time in many aspects however slavery is legal thence everyone is not seen as equal. Even if the penalties were not carried out The Laws would have worked as a threating devices letting the people of the land know of the potential consequences of the actions. strange Hammurabis code the Ten Commandments list guidelines on worship and divine days. And offers worship as a form of retribution instead of the legitimate literal form of physical retribution bring in Hammurabis code.One example of a law that is comparable, deals in financial matters and states If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep and it is stolen out of the mans house. If the thief is found he shall pay double. If the thief is not found the owner of the house shall come near to God, to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbors goods. This is very similar to a law found in Hammurabis code in which the repayment step is similar for the exact situation.Some of the laws on slavery transfigure from the two codes the Ten Commandments offers compensation directly to the slave one laws reads When a man strikes the eye of a slave male or womanish he shall let that slave go for the sake of that eye. In Hammurabis code a lot of the compensation for damages do to slaves went to their master. Overall I would say that the two laws codes are different. The Ten Commandments gets extraneous from the concept of An eye for an eye as in Hammurabis code. As to the Ten Commandments offers more monetary compensation with a small amount of physical compensation except in extreme cases.