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Authors: Walter J. Harrelson
ISBN-13: 9780865545427, ISBN-10: 0865545421
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Date Published: June 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
This highly readable and usable book is once again available, both revised and updated. Harrelson's interpretation makes each commandment relevant to our faith and our culture. In a day and time when relativism threatens the religious and moral fiber of society, Harrelson paves the way to a new understanding of arguably the most important verses in the Bible.
Preface | ||
Abbreviations | ||
Pt. 1 | Historical and Structural Problems | |
1 | The Ten Commandments Today | 1 |
2 | The Origin, Structure, and Setting of the Ten Commandments | 15 |
Pt. 2 | Exegetical Studies of Each Commandment | |
3 | God's Exclusive Claims | 43 |
4 | God's Basic Institutions | 67 |
5 | Basic Human Obligations | 89 |
6 | Basic Social Obligations | 113 |
Pt. 3 | The Ten Commandments in Christian Perspective | |
7 | The Ten Commandments and the New Testament | 133 |
8 | The Ten Commandments and Religious Life Today | 147 |
App | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 167 |
notes | 175 | |
indexes | 187 |