Essary: Summary Of The Middle Assyrian Rule

The Middle Assyrian Laws concerning adultery were designed to give the people of Assyria a method to handle the adultery justly. The entire point of both the Middle Assyrian Laws and the Law of Moses is justice, or a way to service or repay a wrongdoing in order that right relationship might be achieved. With the texts of the Middle Assyrian Law that is still intact, it is clear to see that even though their society would not have been considered the people of God, there is a common theme in regards to one’s right to own property and one’s right to life.
Middle Assyrian Laws Summary
The Middle Assyrian Laws begin with the what is to be done in the event that a seignior lays hands on the wife of another seignior. Though not as severe as outright sexual sin, there is still a mishandling of one’s property that is not yours. Therefore, after having been tried and convicted, the seignior who wrongly laid hands on another’s wife is to have one of his fingers cut off. Yet if the other seignior has kissed the seignior wife, his lower lip is to be removed. Should it happen that a seignior’s wife was taken as she was passing by along the street, did not consent and kept defending herself but was …show more content…
Though there is overlap between the two, there are differences. The first and most telling difference is the end goal of the two sets of laws. The Middle Assyrian Law essentially legislates good morality for the sake of human welfare and justice. The Law of Moses is there in order that the people of God might know him, serve him, and witness to the nations how right living should be conducted before a righteous God. The Law of Moses is a revelation of God’s infinite good character. The Middle Assyrian Laws show that even those who do not know God can benefit from his common