Hello, people! I am new to this website, my apologies if I had not introduced myself on the other introduction page but, here I am! I'm not a Christian, I don't know what to think where my faith is, I want to believe in God, but it's tough in this day and age. We live in now, Sin city.
Anyways, the point I'd like to make here is Did Moses steal the 10 commandments? it'll be a bit silly, since one of the commandments does stipulate '' Thou shalt not steal '' but other people do honestly believe that Moses did in fact plagiarize some laws from Hammurabi. The story goes that a French Archaeologists began excavations around Shushan in 1852. M. Dieulafoy discovered the palace fortress that the writer of the book of Esther calls the citadel of Susa. In 1901, another expedition began, led by de Morgan, uncovered three stone fragments of black stone. After being fitted together, they formed an impressive round-top stele or pillar, which according to the archaeologists measured in total of 7.5 feet high. Hammurabi was said to be around the time of 1792 to 1750 BC.
But the closest parallel between the Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses comes in the common wording of "eye for an eye" and "tooth for a tooth". Hammurabi's laws 196, 197, and 200 stipulated that "If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another man's bone, his bone shall be broken. And if a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out." This is very similar to Exodus 21:23-25, which reads, "But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
So, I'm kinda scratching my head here and starting to think, '' Who copied who exactly? '' I don't know exactly what dates that Moses was born, but obviously if he was born way before 1792 or 1750, then we'd be pointing our fingers at Hammurabi. Please tell me what you's think about this!
thanks all,
Anyways, the point I'd like to make here is Did Moses steal the 10 commandments? it'll be a bit silly, since one of the commandments does stipulate '' Thou shalt not steal '' but other people do honestly believe that Moses did in fact plagiarize some laws from Hammurabi. The story goes that a French Archaeologists began excavations around Shushan in 1852. M. Dieulafoy discovered the palace fortress that the writer of the book of Esther calls the citadel of Susa. In 1901, another expedition began, led by de Morgan, uncovered three stone fragments of black stone. After being fitted together, they formed an impressive round-top stele or pillar, which according to the archaeologists measured in total of 7.5 feet high. Hammurabi was said to be around the time of 1792 to 1750 BC.
But the closest parallel between the Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses comes in the common wording of "eye for an eye" and "tooth for a tooth". Hammurabi's laws 196, 197, and 200 stipulated that "If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he breaks another man's bone, his bone shall be broken. And if a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out." This is very similar to Exodus 21:23-25, which reads, "But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
So, I'm kinda scratching my head here and starting to think, '' Who copied who exactly? '' I don't know exactly what dates that Moses was born, but obviously if he was born way before 1792 or 1750, then we'd be pointing our fingers at Hammurabi. Please tell me what you's think about this!
thanks all,