Significance Of The Code Of Hammurabi
Significance of the code of Hammurabi:
The code of Hammurabi holds extensive list of laws that scholars to date still debate on how the Babylonians interpreted and lived by the code. The purpose of Hammurabi imposing these laws was to stipulate rules for commercial interaction, celebrate the wisdom of his rule and set punishment and fines to meet justice requirements. The significance of the code is the principle of Talion (an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth); which means that a person who has injured another is subject to similar injury in repayment or receives the value of the injury in compensation. Another significant feature of the code is how Shamash, the sun God towers above and illuminates Hammurabi with his rays of light thereby …show more content…
Epic poems typically illuminate the development of a nation, describing the people’s heritage and celebrating its culture. But the epic of Gilgamesh clouds the distinction of Gilgamesh's world and our own. The significance of this epic is its parallelism to the biblical Noah and the great flood. Although many similarities exist between the two reports, there are some differences between the narratives. Another significance of the epic is its literary work in confronting the idea of death. The meaning of life in the face of death is wrestled and finally succumbed to human limitations. The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the first known literary works in history offering insight and abstract …show more content…
The book highlights the profound instruction concerning the sufferings of this present time. It shows us that trial and suffering helps us to build a stronger relationship with God. The significance of the Book of Job is the lesson that Job teaches us on patience, integrity, faith and trust. Although Job suffered and endured every pain that God granted on him, he never gave up his faith in God. Job teaches us that if piety is unselfish the righteous sufferer is assured not of tangible reward but of fellowship with God. Another significance of the book of Job is Gods universal sovereignty – whether Gods rule is righteous or rightful. The relationship between God and man is solely based on God’s grace and man’s response of faith and
The code of Hammurabi holds extensive list of laws that scholars to date still debate on how the Babylonians interpreted and lived by the code. The purpose of Hammurabi imposing these laws was to stipulate rules for commercial interaction, celebrate the wisdom of his rule and set punishment and fines to meet justice requirements. The significance of the code is the principle of Talion (an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth); which means that a person who has injured another is subject to similar injury in repayment or receives the value of the injury in compensation. Another significant feature of the code is how Shamash, the sun God towers above and illuminates Hammurabi with his rays of light thereby …show more content…
Epic poems typically illuminate the development of a nation, describing the people’s heritage and celebrating its culture. But the epic of Gilgamesh clouds the distinction of Gilgamesh's world and our own. The significance of this epic is its parallelism to the biblical Noah and the great flood. Although many similarities exist between the two reports, there are some differences between the narratives. Another significance of the epic is its literary work in confronting the idea of death. The meaning of life in the face of death is wrestled and finally succumbed to human limitations. The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the first known literary works in history offering insight and abstract …show more content…
The book highlights the profound instruction concerning the sufferings of this present time. It shows us that trial and suffering helps us to build a stronger relationship with God. The significance of the Book of Job is the lesson that Job teaches us on patience, integrity, faith and trust. Although Job suffered and endured every pain that God granted on him, he never gave up his faith in God. Job teaches us that if piety is unselfish the righteous sufferer is assured not of tangible reward but of fellowship with God. Another significance of the book of Job is Gods universal sovereignty – whether Gods rule is righteous or rightful. The relationship between God and man is solely based on God’s grace and man’s response of faith and