The Nine Commandments: Uncovering the Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Nine Commandments: Uncovering the Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible Book

The Nine Commandments is David Noel Freedman's daringly original reading of the early history of the Israelites. Freedman's thesis is as follows:Hidden in the Bible is a previously unrecognized pattern of commandment violations that has gone undetected for over two thousand years. In the books spanning from Exodus to Kings the nation of Israel is presented as thoroughly defying its covenant with God by breaking each of the Ten Commandments, one by one, book by book, until there are none--leaving God with only one choice: the destruction of the nation.(The book is titled The Nine Commandments because the pattern it describes is of nine commandments being violated in nine books; Freedman argues that the remaining commandment, against covetousness, is implicitly broken in the perpetration of the other nine offences.) Furthermore, Freedman believes this pattern indicates the presence of a "Master Editor" who arranged these stories in this order so that readers would be discouraged from emulating Israel's rebelliousness. Freedman, a Professor of Hebrew Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and General Editor of the Anchor Bible series, backs up his ingenious and controversial claims with close textual readings and informs them with deep knowledge of the biblical texts. --Michael Joseph GrossRead More

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  • 0385499876
  • 9780385499873
  • David Noel Freedman
  • 1 March 2002
  • Anchor Bible Commentary
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
  • Reprint
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