For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet, ...

Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law. The code is said to have informed both Jewish and ...

Q: I hear that Iraq was the first place that an actual set of laws was written down and put into effect. Really? A: The Code of Hammurabi is often called the world’s first codified set of laws, ...

From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...

What is the ethical and legal permissibility of the exile of Hagar and Yishmael? What justification existed for Avraham to violate the right of the firstborn and his obligation to support his wife?

The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s ...

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