The Code ofHammurabi 
KING OF BABYLON ABOUT 2250 B.C. 
Edited by ROBERT FRANCIS HARPER, 
Professor of the Semitic Languages and Literatures in the University of Chicago 
PART I, SECOND EDITION 
The best proof of the popularity of a book is its continued sale. If a work meets a popular 
demand, public interest in it is cumulative ; the narrow circle of its first friends widens and soon 
tends over states and countries. This has been our experience with The e of Hammurabi. 
The collection of these ancient laws of Babylon presents material of the pene value to those 
interested in social institutions, and contains many laws that in a modified form appear today upon 
our statute books. Students are giving this code most serious consideration, and many are undertak- 
ing acritical and comparative study of the details. The edition that we have put out is ideal for 
such use, as it contains an autographed text of the original inscription, a transliteration, and a 
very careful translation, all fully indexed and arranged in convenient form. 
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO 
HISTORIANS, because the habits, customs, and traditions of the ancient Babylon- 
lans are crystallized in these laws; the direct light thrown upon social conditions makes it pos- 
sible to piece together a very satisfactory narrative leading up to the promulgation of the code. 
JURISTS will find a wealth of material bearing on all sorts of civil and criminal contro- 
versies ; also curious survivals of primitive customs, and many sections showing transitional sta ge 
in legal procedure 
ONOMISTSS wii fina very elaborate provisions bearing on property rights, wages 
land rents, interest, fers transportation, aca building, and many other interesting 
features indicative of advanced economic conditi 
SOCIOLOGISTS will be surprised at the advanced stage and complexity 
of social institutions in ancient Babylon. Slavery was well established and hedged about 
with many elaborate legal provisions. The status of master and servant is carefully 
defined. The position of husband and wife is discussed at great length. The army 
was highly organized. 
TH HEOLOGIANS will find in this code many similarities to that 
of israel and also marked contrasts. The two codes are written in the same 
literary style and present not a few cases of actual verbal agreement. A 
critical comparison of the two will be found very interesting. 
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Part I of 
A second part will be published in the fall of the present year, at $2.00, The Code 
— containing a critical examination of the Code of Harimurabi ae of Hammurabi 
Mmparison with ope of Moses, by President William R. Harper, 0 
University of Chica 
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