The ten commandments : a short history of an ancient text
Coogan, Michael David2015
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Place reservation for The ten commandments : a short history of an ancient textIn this volume, Michael Coogan guides readers into the ancient past to examine the iconic status of the Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue. How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Commandments become the Ten Commandments? When did that happen? There are several versions of the Decalogue in the Old Testament, so how is it to be determined which is the most authoritative? Why were different versions created? Coogan discusses the meanings the Ten Commandments had for audiences in biblical times and observes that the form of the ten proscriptions and prohibitions was not fixed - as one would expect since they were purported to have come directly from God - nor were the Commandments always strictly observed.
Main title:
The ten commandments : a short history of an ancient text / Michael Coogan.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300212501 (pbk)
Dewey class:
222.1606222.1606
Language:
English
BRN:
1847849
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