The claim has been made (Oneway, etc.) that the law of the Torah is a) not morally prescriptive (secondary issue) and was copied from other extant laws – in particular the Code of Hammurabi. In particular the claim was made that “All of the laws of the code of Hammurabi (all 200+) can be found in the Torah.”

• “Inventing God's Law” by David P. Wright – given as a reference by Oneway.
• “The Code of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi” – jstor source

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