New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-09

law az 10 sick wife. eft man has married 4
second Wife but the sick wife r. SbsI pe - pae
nvsy IN ne home she shan dwell. as lonE She
Space. VIII not permit OF our dealing With the
on most equitable system. but one clause certain
tq mines 81 a sb,s sS6gss when We remember the
o. q widow with young children. and might 6s
q the uass Ss S not 81 sRs WITH Without n,
the house o. another tbS tre san eh sns enisrs INTO
the house o. her former husband The houss "a ~
shall shall ensrust and cause them deposit deed ThsS
tor money they shall not sell purchaser skst Sss
owner. GUM uie properly % 10
Here We have all the essential features Of the
modern ward in chanccry. The temple In Bab--
Ionla was the heart OF the city. n was there In,
the Of temple was the modern ea S;
squirt administering interstate or disputed es1ates
Ihe treasury OF the temple was bound TO raw th4
ransom OF a captive Official
We now come 20 the important question az ~.
relation Of this code to the Law o. the Co ~ ~
ana the Deuteronomy laws OF the Hebrews Al arc.
based the jus taonis, The Hebrew is srphss,s
S on os Ixou US ~ -<4l 50 the BABY oman
ny one clause on unintentiCual assault ''If a nan
wound and that man shall swear did moi s sfnik
MN knowlngly he shall answer for the doctor
pay tor loss Of time and cause him be thoroughly
fstber nv ne s. Heots~s punished an assault the
hands The most striking example ana an siruosf
clauses relating to goring BY an OK "If nan a.
q savage OK IN his charge and it has gored a man
ana caused him to die there is no claim So also
the Hebrew law EXODUS XXI 81 But HI the * -.
pushed a man. and by pushing him has n,ada
known MS vice, and he has not bIunted his horn
mas not shut up his and the OK has gOred a r~eA
man ana caused him 10 die ne shah paw hsir a
mana or silver thirty shekslSl The Heh-eSr
pShaity vas death, e. a redemption at a fixed nau-
ATTY HNed - the Judge. IL is curious 10 III or-
TOTS coming under penalty OF Jus talionisa IN
suSSSeSS1uI operation was drastiCally punished nv
cutCh~ on the hands. We ind also the barber sur
seson practising chiefly for the branding Of slaves
Many otner close simiIarites between the r. ~
roman code and the Hebrew might be tra~s5
out SuIncient have been noticed TO show rhat
q SlS Law or the Covenant at least must ha,e zen
Ihhuehced by this code IL was during N zine
NdSslte ine-that is. for seven Cantf.riss--
mat Babylonian influence vas pre,fomina~t IN
Fdlestlne and SYRIA. and. although the Ranlss55a
CoIqueSIS and the lsraelite invasion oblf.r-ated
Huch or It, such code would not die out and
IhueeO much OF II exists 10 this dav IN tn TsrF
laws OF the PaleStinian feIlaheen
One last remark, This code shows the vv,,r5sr-
tul organizing FACULTY OF these ancient Arab rIa~s
OF baoylon- who laid the foundations on a bssls
NhISh endured, we might say. all tfne-fO~ their
MoIk Is with US unto this day and the words aIch
occur IN tne opening column are after all n, min
OF Babylon they proclaimed it's noble IA ne
snu GAaLtsd II among the nations; within ha
esIaohshed an everlasting dynasty. which Ike
heaven and earth IS its throne" And no one Sid
more 10 eXalt the name OF Babylon than tl,i-
mighty King -lawgiver the father OF his pecT' 70
by name