Book contents
- The Ten Commandments
- The Ten Commandments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Levantine “I Am” Monuments
- 2 The Decalogue in the Book of Exodus
- 3 The Decalogue in the Book of Deuteronomy
- 4 The Afterlife of the Decalogue in the Postmonarchic Period
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Works Cited
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
2 - The Decalogue in the Book of Exodus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 September 2023
- The Ten Commandments
- The Ten Commandments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Levantine “I Am” Monuments
- 2 The Decalogue in the Book of Exodus
- 3 The Decalogue in the Book of Deuteronomy
- 4 The Afterlife of the Decalogue in the Postmonarchic Period
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Works Cited
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Chapter 2 focuses on the Decalogue as it appears in Exodus, focusing on a comparison to the corpus of texts discussed in Chapter 1. This chapter argues that the discourse of the Decalogue in Exodus is most consonant with the monumental discourse of the ninth- and eighth-century Levant, so, using that discourse as a model, that period is when the Decalogue was most likely composed.
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- The Ten CommandmentsMonuments of Memory, Belief, and Interpretation, pp. 76 - 139Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023