Prof. Wayne Horowitz is Professor of Assyriology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a Ph.D. under the direction of W.G. Lambert at the University of Birmingham, England, which was published as the monograph Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. He writes extensively on Ancient Near Eastern Science, Literature and Religion, with an emphasis on the Heavens and Astronomy and is co-editor of several books, including, Cuneiform in Canaan (2007 [updated 2018]), Writing Science before the Greeks (2011), Living the Lunar Calendar (2012), Between Text and Text (2013), A Woman of Valor (2014, Westenholtz FS); and The Cuneiform Uranology Texts: Drawing the Constellations (2018).
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The cuneiform Laws of Hazor, from the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C.E., suggest that biblical laws had roots in Canaanite law. This challenges, for example, the idea that the Bible’s lex talionis was borrowed from Hammurabi’s laws. While some ancient Near Eastern laws draw distinctions between social classes, Leviticus later makes clear that all human lives are equally valuable.
The cuneiform Laws of Hazor, from the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C.E., suggest that biblical laws had roots in Canaanite law. This challenges, for example, the idea that the Bible’s lex talionis was borrowed from Hammurabi’s laws. While some ancient Near Eastern laws draw distinctions between social classes, Leviticus later makes clear that all human lives are equally valuable.
The new year and Akitu festivals in Babylonia were celebrated in the spring, during which the high priest of Marduk’s Esagil temple would read the Babylonian creation story, Enuma Elish. This narrative tells how the young god Marduk became king of the gods by saving them from Tiamat and her army of monsters.
The new year and Akitu festivals in Babylonia were celebrated in the spring, during which the high priest of Marduk’s Esagil temple would read the Babylonian creation story, Enuma Elish. This narrative tells how the young god Marduk became king of the gods by saving them from Tiamat and her army of monsters.
