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020			_a9780197525401
040			_arda _bEnglish _cMSULIB _erda
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100	1		_aBarmash, Pamela, _d1966- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe laws of Hammurabi : _bat the confluence of royal and scribal traditions / _ccreated by Pamela Barmash.
264		1	_bOxford University Press, _c2020.
300			_ax, 320 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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
520			_a"The Laws of Hammurabi is one of the earliest law codes, dating from the 18th century BCE Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). It is the culmination of a tradition in which scribes would demonstrate their legal flair by composing statutes on a repertoire 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. The scribe inserted the statutes into the structure of a royal inscription, skillfully reshaping the genre. This allowed the king to use the law code to demonstrate that Hammurabi had fulfilled the mandate to guarantee justice enjoined upon him by the gods, affirming his authority as king. 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 and may have shaped Greek and Roman law. The Laws of Hammurabi is also a witness to the start of another stream of intellectual tradition. It became a classic text and the subject of formal commentaries, marking a Copernican revolution in intellectual culture"--
630	0	0	_aCode of Hammurabi _xInfluence.
650		0	_aLaw, Assyro-Babylonian _xSources.
650		0	_aScribes _zIraq _zBabylonia _xHistory _yTo 1500.
651		0	_aBabylonia _xPolitics and government.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBarmash, Pamela, 1966- _tThe laws of Hammurabi _dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2020. _z9780197525425 _w(DLC) 2020010797
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