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03470aam a2200433 i 4500 001 9CD7989A403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201217010015 008 200306s2020 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020010796 020 $a 0197525407 020 $a 9780197525401 035 $a (OCoLC)1143826631 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-iq--- 050 00 $a KL2212.1 $b .B37 2020 100 1 $a Barmash, Pamela, $d 1966- $e author. 245 14 $a The laws of Hammurabi : $b at the confluence of royal and scribal traditions / $c Pamela Barmash. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a x, 320 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 505 0 $a The 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 630 00 $a Code of Hammurabi $x Influence. 630 07 $a Code of Hammurabi. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01363045 650 0 $a Law, Assyro-Babylonian $x Sources. 650 0 $a Scribes $z Babylonia $z Babylonia $x History $y To 1500. 651 0 $a Babylonia $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Scribes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01109393 651 7 $a Middle East $z Babylonia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219361 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Barmash, Pamela, 1966- $t The laws of Hammurabi $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. $z 9780197525425 $w (DLC) 2020010797 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013644.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9CD7989A403511EB87AA299C42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search