Abraham = a vaguely remembered Hammurabi.
Same time frame, same name.
2007-05-29 09:19:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. Nice idea, but wrong.
Hammurabi was an early king of Babylon, whose name often baffles Babylonian history students because it is not similiar to many other Babylonian names. The name Hammurabi, most likely contains his family "father's" name-- "Ham." Meaning, Hammurabi is stating he came from Ham or something like "Ham is great."
According to the Bible, the early founders of Babylon came from Ham, but Abraham came from Shem. Abraham therefore, cannot be Hammurabi.
So your idea is wrong, however, the Bible once again is shown to be accurate in stating Ham's descendants founded Babylon...one of which eventually was Hammurabi. Hammurabi is famous for his Code (of Ethics).
That's my theory.
2007-05-29 10:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by wake up 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Ha-am-mu-ra-bi)
The sixth king of the first Babylonian dynasty; well known for over fifty years to students of Babylonian history. Inscriptions of Hammurabi were published by Rawlinson in 1861 and Oppert in 1863; the "Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian tablets, etc., in the British Museum" contained many letters and other documents belonging to his period; finally the most valuable work of L. W. King, "Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi" (1895-1900) supplied a mine of information on the reign of the now famous Babylonian ruler of 4000 years ago. The origin and etymology of Hammurabi's name are somewhat puzzling, for this name does not appear to be distinctly Babylonian. Later scribes regarded it as foreign and translated it Kimta-rapaashtum, "great family", a fairly good rendering of Hammu-rabi in the S. Arabian dialect. It is noteworthy that, with only two exceptions, the names of the kings of that so-called Babylonian dynasty are likewise best explained from the Arabic. This fact gives much weight to the hypothesis, first suggested by Pognon in 1888, of the Arabic or Aramean origin of that dynasty. All scholars seem to agree that the nationality of these rulers must be sought in the "land of Amurru", whereby the Babylonians designated all the regions lying to the west (N. and S.) of their own country.
2007-05-29 16:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I always thought of Moses as more of a Hammurabi-type figure, what with the laws written in stone and all...
2007-05-29 16:25:36 · answer #3 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hammurabi is such a better name though.
2007-05-29 16:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is the guy in your avatar? Lmao!
2007-05-29 16:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm still waiting for my decoder ring...
2007-05-29 16:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Got any more?
2007-05-29 16:21:30 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋