Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon, the exact dates of his life are unknown, but it is assumed that he lived from 1810 to 1750 B.C. He was an Amorite, the name given to a Semitic group that settled in the Fertile Crescent around 2000 B.C. The estimated time of his reign is 1792 – 1750 B.C.

“Hammurabi was known for his codification of the Babylonian laws, which was probably not his own creation, but a continuation of older law systems (Kjeilen).” “Though we hear of this great monarch first as a warrior, we know him chiefly as a statesman, a wise and watchful benefactor of mankind.” Hammurabi’s code was uncovered in Susa carved on a stele. Carved at the top was the picture of Hammurabi receiving the laws from the god Shamash. The stele was then placed in the temple of Marduk, a son of Shamash, (also considered as the main God of Babylo

In Moses time all crimes were against God law, and most offenses against the law required the penalty of death. If you were to lie as a witness, the penalty is death. If someone blasphemed the word of God and did not follow God’s law, the penalty was death and carried out by the person’s family. “The Bible outlawed kidnapping in order to stop the trading of slaves. It also had laws governing offenses of a sexual nature. If a man raped a woman, if she did not cry out for help, he was not guilty. If she tried to get help or was married, the man would be put to death. If a woman for any reason were to attack a man’s genitals, her hand would be cut off in the Bible, man had been given dominance over woman and her responsibility was to accept that; for her to attack a man’s genitals was the only law that allowed mutilation for such an offense.

transferred money by promissory notes, and trafficked by means methods, the people were deeply superstitious, a man could be executed for “putting a spell” upon another.”

Internet article, “King Hammurabi biography”

“The test of the Code falls into three parts, the prologue, written in the language of poetry tells of the call of Hammurabi to be the king of Babylon and to give justice to the people entrusted to his care.” “This prologue concludes with Hammurabi’s announcement that “when Marduk commissioned me to guide the people, to direct the land, I established law and justice in the language of the land and prospered the people.”

Moses and the Hebrews had the belief of only one God. While the Babylonians believed in more than one God. Moses received his law from God while Hammurabi received his Code from Shamash who was the chief God, but he also believed that Marduk was his chief God and that he as king was given the divine guidance from Marduk and was therefore the only one with the right to make laws.

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