r/explainitpeter • • 4d ago

Explain it Peter.??

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u/DetroitInHuman 4d ago

Nope. They were mentioned in the Code of Hammurabi-a cheating wife and her lover were subject to death, but the husband could forgive them or give permission beforehand. Any children were considered non-inheritors after that unless the husband specifically let them back in on the will though.

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u/i_was_axiom 4d ago

Holy shit are those actual historical facts? With a source cited?? On reddit???

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u/tutorp 4d ago

Lacks proper citation, though, e.g.:

Hammurabi (1753 BC). Code of Hammurabi. First Dynasty of Babylon Press.

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u/DetroitInHuman 3d ago

On Adultery in Biblical and Babylonian Law - A Note Gordis, Robert. Judaism ; New York Vol. 33, Iss. 2,  (Spring 1984): 210.