The tie in for both the Old Testament and the Code of Hammurabi is what is known as the Lex Talionis, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It is thought that the Old Testament borrowed this and other laws from the Code, but it isn’t a given. Other similarities between the two sources of law is, as mentioned before, the possibilities of many authors. This shows that the concept of record keeping and other forms of writing were prevalent in these early civilizations. The last similarity is the idea of Law itself. Both laws demonstrate some form of order and centralized rule, whether religious or secular.ConclusionIt may be said that the two texts have some things in common, but the differences are most apparent, one being a narrative, the other giving great detail, one being religious, the other secular, one philosophical the other direct....
