![If these laws [in the Bible] belonged to any other ancient culture we would approach them very differently. We need not bother to reject the code of Hammurabi. Presumably it is because Moses is still felt to make some claim on us that this project of discrediting his law is persisted in with such energy. The unscholarly character of the project may derive from the supposed familiarity of the subject.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-these-laws-in-the-bible-belonged-to-any-other-ancient-culture-we-would-appro.jpg)
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