Covetousness and desire : the Tenth Commandment in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorJoubert, Liselen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-23T11:52:16Z
dc.date.available2013-01-23T11:52:16Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionCITATION: Joubert, L. H. 2002. Covetousness and desire : the Tenth Commandment in Africa. Scriptura, 81:373-377, doi:10.7833/81-0-741.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/
dc.description.abstractThis article deals with a central question regarding the interpretation of the tenth commandment, namely “do the two verbs that are translated with covet/desire in the tenth commandment refer to a solely mental attitude or do they necessarily imply action to make the object of desire one's own?” The Decalogue forms part of the relationship between God and Israel where certain values regarding life and harmony in the covenant community is promoted. The proposal of this article is that desire as a mental attitude is the theme of this commandment because it already leads to disharmony in a society even without action to attain the object of one's desire. The same mode of thought can be recognised in African cultures. In reading proverbs from Africa no clear indication is found that they relate to both coveting and any actions resulting from coveting, as with the tenth commandment. The proverbs warn against desire or coveting as mental activities per se. “Be patient a burning desire is not a pain”en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/741
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.identifier.citationJoubert, L. H. 2002. Covetousness and desire : the Tenth Commandment in Africa. Scriptura, 81:373-377, doi:10.7833/81-0-741.
dc.identifier.doi10.7833/81-0-741
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/76269
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subject.lcshTen commandmentsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshChristian ethicsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshDesireen_ZA
dc.titleCovetousness and desire : the Tenth Commandment in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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