The Ten Commandments in new perspective : a traditio-historical approach.
Published by Alec R. Allenson [1968], Naperville, IL:
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x, 162 p.; 21.5 cm. (Studies in biblical theology. Second series ; 7) Contents: Foreword, by James Barr -- Preface -- Introduction -- I Why ten commandments? 1. why are there ten commandments? 2.traditional enumeration, 3.analogies from the Pentateuch and elsewhere, 4.originality of the number ten in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, 5. the possible distribution between the two tables -- II The literary problem of the decalogue: 1. textual and literary comparison of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, 2.our present decalogue in its literary framework -- III Form-critical problem of the decalogue: 1. apodictic law in the Old Testament, 2. an attempted reconstruction of the primitive decalogue -- IV The traditio-historical problem of the decalogue: 1. introduction, 2. secondary expansions of the decalogue, 3. secondary abbreviations of the decalogue, 4. the changing of negative formulations into positive ones, 5. summary, 6. divine utterance or collection of laws? -- V The historical problem of the decalogue: 1. the composition of the decalogue, 2. the Mosaic element in the decalogue, 3 the adaptation of the decalogue as a covenant document, 4. subsequent influence of the decalogue -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Indexes: subjects, authors, biblical references. -- `It is our thesis, then, that in the northern kingdom not only was this authority regarded as a royal prerogative, but the need was also felt to formulate the fundamental principles on the basis of which judgments were to be arrived at. Hence a `basic law' was devised as a standard of behaviour for every Israelite.and its supreme personification, the king. And this basic law was the decalogue.' (p. 137) VG, sewn, in black binder's cloth.…
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- The Ten Commandments in new perspective : a traditio-historical approach.
- Author
- Nielsen, Eduard, b. 1923. [Die zehn Gebote: eine traditions- geschichtliche Skizze, 1965. English, transl.by David J. Bourke]
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- Alec R. Allenson [1968], Naperville, IL:
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- Hardcover
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- 1st US edition
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