Introduction
In this book, the readers will be presented with an overview of the historical setting, the intended purpose, the identity of the author, and a study of the individual commandments in light of the Hebrew language in which the passage was written and inspired.
In doing so, the reader will be introduced to an analysis that brings this ancient portion of Scripture to a new perspective in light of its significance to the world in which we presently live.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTICE OF COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER ONE: The Historical Setting
CHAPTER TWO: The Ten Commandments Were Not Given To Obtain Or Retain Salvation
CHAPTER THREE: The Original Language
CHAPTER FOUR: The Identity Of The Ten Commandments' Author
CHAPTER FIVE: The "Retired" Commandment
CHAPTER SIX: "You shall have no other gods before me (Ex. 20: 3 NIV).
CHAPTER SEVEN: "You shall make yourself an idol in the form of anything above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them....Ex. 20:4, 5...(NIV).
CHAPTER EIGHT: "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain...(Ex. 20: 7 (NASB).
CHAPTER NINE: "Honor your father and your mother.... (Ex. 20: 12 NIV)."
CHAPTER TEN: "You shall not murder (Ex. 20: 13 NIV)."
CHAPTER ELEVEN: "You shall not commit adultery (Ex. 20: 14 NIV."
CHAPTER TWELVE: "You shall not steal (Ex. 20: 15 NIV).
CHAPTER 13: "You shall not give false testimony (Exodus 20: 16 NIV).
Chapter 14: "You shall not covet....(Ex. 20: 17 NIV)."
Chapter 15: Closing comments by the author...
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"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE (R), Copyright (C) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
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Chapter One
The Historical Setting
The Ten Commandments were not given to Adam and Eve, the generations of humanity preceding the Flood of Noah’s time, nor were they given to the Christian Church as the means to receive or retain salvation.
In fact, they were not even given to the ancient Hebrews until several centuries into their own history.
Several generations of the Jewish patriarchs lived and died without every having heard of the Ten Commandments.
Abraham and Sarah were the parents of Isaac who fathered Jacob, who fathered the patriarchs from whom eventually came the tribes of Israel. These brothers, or half-brothers, were the products of the marriages of Jacob and several wives.
Following a sibling conspiracy, Joseph, one of the patriarchs was sold into slavery and Jacob (renamed Israel) was led to believe by the conspiring brothers that wild animals had killed Joseph.
Joseph became the slave of Potiphar, captain of the royal bodyguard, in Egypt. Joseph was imprisoned after falsely being accused of trying to rape his master’s wife. However, God caused Joseph eventually to be favored by the existing Pharaoh and in the course of time making it possible for the some seventy Hebrews to establish themselves in Egypt after being subjected to a famine.
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