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The Book of the Law, or Liber AL vel Legis, is the central sacred text of Thelema, a religious movement founded by Aleister Crowley. It claims to be a revelation from Aiwass, a beyond-human being, and proclaims the arrival of the "Æon of Horus" and the law "Do what thou wilt".
A comprehensive table of the six orders, masechtot, chapters and mishnayot of the Mishnah and the Gemara in the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish law and theology.
Thelema is a Western esoteric and occult movement founded by Aleister Crowley, who claimed to receive a divine message in The Book of the Law. Thelema teaches to "do what thou wilt" as the law of personal freedom and self-realization, and worships deities inspired by ancient Egyptian religion.
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC, written by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. It contains the "eye for an eye" principle (lex talionis) under the section of personal injuries, among other laws.
The Covenant Code is a text in the Torah that contains case or casuistic law, which addresses specific situations with "if-then" statements. It also includes apodictic law, which gives general commands or prohibitions, and resembles other ancient Near Eastern codes.
The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, created in a Columban monastery in either Ireland or Scotland in the 9th century. It is a masterpiece of Western calligraphy and Insular art, with elaborate ornamentation and illustrations of Christian themes and symbols.
A list of the books of the Latin Vulgate, a medieval translation of the Bible, with their names and numbers in different versions. The Vulgate has 76 books in total, including the Apocrypha, and varies in some details from modern translations.
The British colonial officials, however, mistook the Manusmriti as codes of law, failing to recognise that it was a commentary on morals and law and not a statement of positive law. [ 81 ] [ 83 ] The colonial officials of the early 19th century also failed to recognise that Manusmriti was one of many competing Dharmasastra texts, it was not in ...