In class, we discussed the Hammurabi's Code and Mosaic's Code and compared and contrasted the two. We were asked to look and think about the tone, the punishment, theme, topics and language for each code of laws. We made a Venn diagram to make our comparisons, here are some of the things that we came up with.
For Mosaic's code, when a law is broken there isn't always a specific punishment for each situation. The punishment is determined by a judge, which is more similar to the modern day judicial system. For Hammurabi's code, the punishment is all basically set in stone no matter what you have to say. You can't defend yourself at all. So, in short, the judicial system and how punishments are determined are different between these two law systems.
Another difference is between just the overall tone. Hammurabi's Code is much more concise and even though, when we first read this document, I thought that it was actually really too specific. But after reading some of the Mosaic's code, I realized that it wasn't nearly as specific as things can get. Mosaic's code was extremely specific and every law that was written used so many more words then any average Hammurabi's Code law. It just seemed like it took a lot longer to describe what the law was actually for, for Mosaic's Code laws. It is kind of interesting that for Hammurabi's code, the punishment is much more specific and the law is not as specific, while for Mosaic's Code, the law is extremely specific but the punishment is not specific at all.
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