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This document contains topic prompts and sources for Evaluative Essay 1.
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3000 BC – AD 476 – Evaluative Essay 1
In these documents are listed various laws and guidelines for society. The first, considered the
oldest law code, was penned by Hammurabi around 1780 BC, and the second, the famous Law
of the Twelve Tables, was penned by the ancient Romans around 450 BC.
While both civilizations were pagan, and their laws occasionally refer to “the gods,” or children
of the gods, their civilizations provided some interesting standards for Western Civilization in
terms of written laws for the people to see and abide by.
The following excerpts cover laws related to trial and debt. Consider the similarities and
differences in these two codes and their legacies for Western Civilization. Your paper should
answer the following two questions, and the thesis statement should provide a clear argument
that includes both aspects of analysis.
1. How did these two codes contribute to the laws of Western Civilization?
2. What does Scripture say about law and justice, and how do these examples either
evidence that, or fall short of the Biblical standard?
Code of Hammurabi
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
Read only the following portions:
On trial :#s 1-3, 5, 12, 15
On debt #s38-40, 48-52
Roman Law of the Twelve Tables
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/12tables.html
Read only the following portions:
Tables 1- 3 only
Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
Law and Government
This document contains topic prompts and sources for both Evaluative Essays 1 and 2.
Do not consult outside sources.
Do not change your topic mid-term.
3000 BC – AD 476 – Evaluative Essay 1
In these documents are listed various laws and guidelines for society. The first, considered the
oldest law code, was penned by Hammurabi around 1780 BC, and the second, the famous Law
of the Twelve Tables, was penned by the ancient Romans around 450 BC.
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While both civilizations were pagan, and their laws occasionally refer to “the gods,” or children
of the gods, their civilizations provided some interesting standards for Western Civilization in
terms of written laws for the people to see and abide by.
The following excerpts cover laws related to trial and debt. Consider the similarities and
differences in these two codes and their legacies for Western Civilization. Your paper should
answer the following two questions, and the thesis statement should provide a clear argument
that includes both aspects of analysis.
1. How did these two codes contribute to the laws of Western Civilization?
2. What does Scripture say about law and justice, and how do these examples either
evidence that, or fall short of the Biblical standard?
Code of Hammurabi
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
Read only the following portions:
On trial :#s 1-3, 5, 12, 15
On debt #s38-40, 48-52
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Roman Law of the Twelve Tables
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/12tables.html
Read only the following portions:
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Tables 1- 3 only
Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
476-1640 – Evaluative Essay 2
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Read over the different laws and guidelines for women and slaves in the following excerpts.
Note the similarities and differences in how women and slaves are treated in the two
civilizations. Also note that during this period, women do not appear in many legal codes, so
laws regarding their care and treatment tend to be bound up in family or marriage law.
Your thesis statement should answer the following question:
Look at these laws in light of Scripture. What does Scripture have to say about laws, social
justice, and equality? How do these excerpts exhibit or ignore Biblical guidelines?
Juris Civilis: laws regarding slavery 535 (Byzantium – Eastern Orthodox)
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Book I section VIII
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/institutes.html
Sunnah: on treatment of women and slaves ca. 9th century (Islamic Empire- Muslim)
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Magna Carta: regarding women 1215 (England- Roman Catholic)
Read only the following portions: 7-8, 11, 12, 15, 26, 54
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Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
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This document contains topic prompts and sources for Evaluative Essay 1.
Do not consult outside sources.
Do not change your topic mid-term.
3000 BC – AD 476 – Evaluative Essay 1
In these documents are listed various laws and guidelines for society. The first, considered the
oldest law code, was penned by Hammurabi around 1780 BC, and the second, the famous Law
of the Twelve Tables, was penned by the ancient Romans around 450 BC.
While both civilizations were pagan, and their laws occasionally refer to “the gods,” or children
of the gods, their civilizations provided some interesting standards for Western Civilization in
terms of written laws for the people to see and abide by.
The following excerpts cover laws related to trial and debt. Consider the similarities and
differences in these two codes and their legacies for Western Civilization. Your paper should
answer the following two questions, and the thesis statement should provide a clear argument
that includes both aspects of analysis.
1. How did these two codes contribute to the laws of Western Civilization?
2. What does Scripture say about law and justice, and how do these examples either
evidence that, or fall short of the Biblical standard?
Code of Hammurabi
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
Read only the following portions:
On trial :#s 1-3, 5, 12, 15
On debt #s38-40, 48-52
Roman Law of the Twelve Tables
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/12tables.html
Read only the following portions:
Tables 1- 3 only
Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
Law
•
•
•
This document contains topic prompts and sources for Evaluative Essay 1.
Do not consult outside sources.
Do not change your topic mid-term.
3000 BC – AD 476 – Evaluative Essay 1
In these documents are listed various laws and guidelines for society. The first, considered the
oldest law code, was penned by Hammurabi around 1780 BC, and the second, the famous Law
of the Twelve Tables, was penned by the ancient Romans around 450 BC.
While both civilizations were pagan, and their laws occasionally refer to “the gods,” or children
of the gods, their civilizations provided some interesting standards for Western Civilization in
terms of written laws for the people to see and abide by.
The following excerpts cover laws related to trial and debt. Consider the similarities and
differences in these two codes and their legacies for Western Civilization. Your paper should
answer the following two questions, and the thesis statement should provide a clear argument
that includes both aspects of analysis.
1. How did these two codes contribute to the laws of Western Civilization?
2. What does Scripture say about law and justice, and how do these examples either
evidence that, or fall short of the Biblical standard?
Code of Hammurabi
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
Read only the following portions:
On trial :#s 1-3, 5, 12, 15
On debt #s38-40, 48-52
Roman Law of the Twelve Tables
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/12tables.html
Read only the following portions:
Tables 1- 3 only
Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
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