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The Laurens Advertiser
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina
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Yale University adds the oldest known code of laws, from Hammurabi's reign (2285-2242 B.C.), to its Babylonian collection. Engraved on a seven-foot diorite block, it predates Mosaic law by over two centuries and shares similar thoughts. A translation is being prepared for publication by the Yale Alumni Association.
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The oldest code of laws in the world has lately been added to the Babylonian collection of Yale university as a result of archeological research. It includes 287 sections of the laws of Babylonia enacted during the reign of Hammurabi Hammurabi was a contemporary of Abraham, and reigned from the year 2285 to the year 2242 B. C. according to well-authenticated records The newly discovered laws are engraved upon a block of diorite rock about seven feet in length. Bible students will be interested to know that this old code contains many of the thoughts incorporated in the Mosaic law revealed in the book of Exodus. especially in the twentieth and twenty-first chapters, although according to archeological proofs, it must have preceded Moses by more than two centuries.
A complete translation of this old code is now being made, and will be published under the auspices of the Yale Alumni association.
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2285 To 2242 B.C.
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Archaeological research adds Hammurabi's 287-section law code, enacted during his reign contemporary with Abraham, to Yale's Babylonian collection. Engraved on diorite, it precedes Mosaic law but shares similar ideas from Exodus chapters 20-21. Translation to be published by Yale Alumni Association.