Bookends of Old Testament ethics : the first and tenth commandments and human dignity
Date
2011
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Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
The final position of the tenth commandment might suggest that it is intended as the climactic statement of a series of ‘ten words’ and is linked to the first commandment to form an inclusio. While the first commandment insists that there is no other God and that this is rooted in an internal posture; so too the tenth commandment is opposed to an inner attitude of self-interest that could influence and precipitate actions that violate one of the preceding commandments.
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CITATION: Bosman, H. L. 2011. Bookends of Old Testament ethics : the first and tenth commandments and human dignity. Scriptura, 106:93-100, doi:10.7833/106-0-150.
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Ten commandments, Ethics in the Bible
Citation
Bosman, H. L. 2011. Bookends of Old Testament ethics : the first and tenth commandments and human dignity. Scriptura, 106:93-100, doi:10.7833/106-0-150