A review by ostrava
The Code of Hammurabi by Hammurabi
4.0
I randomly decided to read this. Since there was no "use" for me behind it, I didn't really pay it any attention, as far as details go. And I know next to nothing about Babylonian culture, which makes my sudden urge all the more strange.
Anyway, Hammurabi wasn't a guy that fucked around. Almost all of these "laws" are punished by death, nuance and degrees of severity be damned. I remember one of them being about nuns (?) not being allowed to drink or else they were burned alive? It's brutal from start to finish. It's also interesting how there isn't really a consensus as to what these precepts are exactly: laws? Past cases? An early attempt at compiling jurisprudence? Crazy stuff. I'm probably going to find more enjoyment in the Gilgamesh though.
Anyway, Hammurabi wasn't a guy that fucked around. Almost all of these "laws" are punished by death, nuance and degrees of severity be damned. I remember one of them being about nuns (?) not being allowed to drink or else they were burned alive? It's brutal from start to finish. It's also interesting how there isn't really a consensus as to what these precepts are exactly: laws? Past cases? An early attempt at compiling jurisprudence? Crazy stuff. I'm probably going to find more enjoyment in the Gilgamesh though.