{"id":7229,"date":"2023-03-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:40:12","slug":"118-inventing-god-and-law-a-new-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=7229","title":{"rendered":"118. Inventing God and Law: A New Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1543\" src=\"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pt02pg107-Yahweh-Part-L.webp\" alt=\"After returning from exile, Judeans had to form a new identity for themselves. They found it in their exclusive relationship with Yahweh.\" class=\"wp-image-9926\" style=\"width:1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pt02pg107-Yahweh-Part-L.webp 1200w, https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pt02pg107-Yahweh-Part-L-768x988.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s my attempt at ancient Imperial Aramaic, the script most likely to have been used at the time. Feel free to tell me everything I got wrong!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a5bd6685a1160057392543' value='6a5bd6685a1160057392543'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a5bd6685a1160057392543' value='View Transcript'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a5bd6685a1160057392543' value='Close Transcript'><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a5bd6685a1160057392543' ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Constitutional Law<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Part 2: \u201cWhat Were They Thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Digression: \u201cA History of Government in 6 Revolutions: From the Paleolithic to Philadelphia\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">118. Inventing God and Law: A New Identity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TITLE: Part L: A New Identity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 1: Two young Yehudan men. One has a fez and a big foam #1 hand, which he\u2019s raising excitedly. The other, perplexed, is gesturing offscreen. He\u2019s wearing a turban.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">NARRATION:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">All peoples\u2014even those of minor imperial outposts\u2014need to feel special. We all have to have some reason to feel that <strong>our<\/strong> team is the <strong>best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>We\u2019re number one!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">How? You just got your asses handed to you by one empire\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 2: Turban Guy lifts his arms to a map of the Persian Empire, which stretches from India to the Balkans, from Turkey to Libya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2026and now you\u2019re engulfed by an even greater one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">True, we may not be the mightiest <strong>people<\/strong> on <strong>Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 3: Fez Guy is still exuberant, and Turban Guy is shrugging irritatedly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">But our god <strong>is<\/strong> the mightiest <strong>god<\/strong> in the <strong>heavens!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 4: Fez Guy proudly points his thumb at his chest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So <strong>we<\/strong> are the only people he <strong>protects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We\u2019re his <strong>chosen<\/strong> people!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 5: Turban Guy spreads his arms, Fez Guy crosses his.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So where was your god when Babylon came knocking?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Shush.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 6: Fez guy excitedly raises his #1 foam hand again, while Turban Guy leans in and looks off to the side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Who\u2019s better than us! We\u2019re number one!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Back up\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 7: With a POKE!, Turban Guy jabs Fez Guy hard in the chest with his finger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Why <strong>you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">How come he doesn\u2019t protect anyone else?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Because of our <strong>covenant!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Your cov- what?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We have a <strong>contract<\/strong> with God!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">-=-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panel 8: Fez Guy gestures to a large scroll with the terms of a contract written on it in ancient Imperial Aramaic, complete with a foil seal and signature lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In exchange for us all worshipping <strong>only<\/strong> Yahweh, he protects <strong>only<\/strong> us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TURBAN GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">But isn\u2019t your <strong>king<\/strong> the one who keeps your god happy? You know, on everyone\u2019s behalf?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">FEZ GUY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">About that\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div><\/div><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a5bd6685a1160057392543' class='bg-showmore-plg-link bg-arrow '  style=\" color:#9ca7a5;;\" href='#'>View Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. That&#8217;s my attempt at ancient Imperial Aramaic, the script most likely to have been used at the time. 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