Hammurabi's Code vs. Mosaic Code

Based on what we learned this week from the article comparing both the laws and rights between these two set of laws, there are a lot of differences as well as similarities even though the time period for these two governments are different. After reading the laws for Hammurabi's code, three themes I was able to come up with were that whenever a crime was committed, there would only be one punishment. Additionally, these laws that were established are more about punishments for each crime. Another theme I managed to come up with was that they are more specific about payments that should be made for each crime. The language found from this document was that they were strict, harsh, and concise. The punishment most often given for the crimes, which considered Hammurabi's code to be extreme was death, even though there were often payments for crimes. For Mosaic code, the three themes I managed to find were how when a law is broken, a judge would determine the punishment. Another theme that I came up with was how it was more about the law and what to do or not to do. The last theme was based only on purity. After reading the document, the major difference I found between two set of laws was that it was less extreme than Hammurabi's code. Despite the fact that it was less harsh it didn't lack the fact that it was direct and serious. For a crime that would be committed, the punishment was death at little times, but most likely was repaying or paying a fine. A phrase that was repeated when I read this document was they set these laws in order to "purge the evil." They wanted each punishment to be equal for the person that committed the crime. Eye for eye. Foot for foot. After reading both articles, what I found similar between these two readings was the fact that both made an emphasis on adultery, robbery, assault, and respect for your parents and elders.