Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law. The code is said to have informed both Jewish and ...

DORCHESTER, S.C. (WCBD) – Parents of a student at St. George Middle School in Dorchester District 4 (DD4) are expressing concerns about a recent homework assignment they feel was inappropriate.

From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...

What is the ethical and legal permissibility of the exile of Hagar and Yishmael? What justification existed for Avraham to violate the right of the firstborn and his obligation to support his wife?

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in ...