Hammurabi's Code is a set of laws dating back to the 18th century B. C.E. In the introduction to the laws, Hammurabi states his goal to “make justice visible in the land, to destroy the wicked person and the evil-doer, that the strong might not injure the weak." A copy of the collection can be found here: http://avalon. law. yale. edu/ancient/hamframe. asp. Feel free to read through some of the laws to get a better sense of them.

In a five paragraph essay, describe the purpose of writing down and organizing sets of laws, and assess Hammurabi's Code as to whether it is a just or unjust set of laws, and whether or not it accomplishes its stated purpose.

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a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. this may result in the adoption of a new law.  

the covenant that god made with abraham was a unilateral (one-sided) promise from god to abraham.   apart from anything abraham did, god was promising that he was going to bring about a great nation from abraham's offspring, and that the messiah (meaning "the anointed one") would come from abraham's descendants, as one through whom the whole world would receive favor from god.   as god promised abraham, "through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed" (genesis 22: 18).

the "new covenant" was announced by jesus of nazareth, who had asserted that he was the "son of david" (and descendant of abraham) that fulfilled those promises to abraham.   when jesus introduced the sacred meal that we now refer to as the lord's supper, as told his disciples in reference to the wine they drank, "this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (luke 22: 20).   this "new covenant" through jesus was also a unilateral (one-sided) covenant.   he gave himself in sacrifice for all people, without conditions attached.   as his friend and apostle john later wrote, "he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 john 2: 2).

so the covenant with abraham and the "new covenant" ushered in by jesus are, in essence, connected as one covenant -- because jesus was saying he was the one promised to abraham that fulfilled that covenant and brought blessing to the world.