Learning Akkadian to Unlock the Bible: "You Are Not My Master!" 🏛️

Описание: Is Biblical law just a copy of ancient Mesopotamian codes? 🧐

In this session, we dive into a striking contrast between Exodus 21 and the Code of Hammurabi (Law 282). While both mention doing something to a slave's ear, the underlying morality is worlds apart.

What we cover in this lesson:

The Marking of the Ear: We analyze why the Torah marks the slave who chooses bondage, while Hammurabi cuts off the ear of the slave who seeks freedom.

Akkadian 101: Watch as we translate a sentence in Akkadian cuneiform: "Ul belli ata" (You are not my master) and discover its surprising linguistic links to Hebrew (Ata, Baal/Bell, Ozen/Uzun).

Pulling the Rug Under Slavery: We examine Deuteronomy 23:16, a law that effectively made a functioning slave system impossible by forbidding the return of runaway slaves.

The Dred Scott Connection: A brief look at how these ancient laws echo through history, including the famous 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case.

Linguistic Fun: A breakdown of how pictographic signs like "Shoo" (palm of a hand) evolved in ancient writing.

Join us for a journey through the Ancient Near East to understand how the Torah redefined liberty in a world of bondage.

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