Justice and Judgment in the Laws of Hammurabi and Moses

He lived in a separate portion of the city . The ardu was a slave He was the property of his master . He could acquire property and even slaves . He was clothed and fed by his master . He was married to a slave girl . He could be set up a farm or house by his master (Davies , 2003

Marriage was a form of contract and purchase between a man and wife Marriages were usually arranged by the relatives . The bride grooms father provided the bride price which was presented by the suitor to the

bride 's father . The bride price was handed by the father to the bride along with other possessions and dowry . The Code states that if the father does not give the bride even after accepting the presents must return the presents doubled . If a suitor changes his mind he forfeited the presents . Under Hammurabi 's Law the man could divorce his wife but he had to restore the dowry . The wife had custody of the children . The man also had to assign an income of garden or goods for the wife to maintain the children (Davies , 2003

Adultery was punishable by death which was by drowning . The Code also stated that if the husband pardoned his wife than the king could intervene to pardon the wife . The crime of incest was punishable by burning to death (Davies , 2003

The Mosaic Law and Hammurabi Code resemble in many aspects due to similarity of antecedents and general intellectual and cultural heritage . It is natural that codes dealing with people in similar conditions and related culturally and culturally would have some likeness in penalties imposed for breaking the rules . There is however differences which clearly demonstrate that there are no direct borrowing between both codes . The Biblical law of divorce...