The Ten Commandments: Interpreting the Bible in the Medieval World

The Ten Commandments......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Abbreviations for Commonly Cited Commandments Texts......Page 11
The Commandments......Page 13
Approaches......Page 17
The Nature of Law......Page 32
Eternal and Natural Law......Page 34
The Written Law of Moses......Page 41
The Status of the Written Law......Page 43
The Killing Letter......Page 44
Law Creates Sin......Page 47
Keeping the Law......Page 48
Justification......Page 56
Punishment......Page 60
The Law of Grace and Human Law......Page 62
2 Number......Page 64
Number......Page 65
Ten......Page 73
Connections......Page 76
Numbering and Division......Page 81
3 God......Page 92
The First Commandment......Page 93
i I am the Lord Your God, Who has Led you Out of the Land of Egypt, Out of the House of Slavery......Page 94
ii You shall have no Other Gods before me......Page 95
iii You shall not Make for Yourself any Carved Image, or any Likeness of Anything that is in Heaven above, or in the Earth below, or of those Things that are in the Waters under the Earth. You shall not Revere them, or Worship them......Page 97
iv I am the Lord your God, Strong, Jealous......Page 105
v Visiting the Injustice of the Fathers upon the Children, to the Third and Fourth Generation of those who Hate me; and Showing Mercy to Thousands of Those Who Love me, and Keep my Commandments......Page 107
The Second Commandment......Page 109
The Third Commandment......Page 114
i Family as Neighbour......Page 123
ii Beyond the Family......Page 132
iii My Neighbour is Myself......Page 136
The Second Tablet......Page 141
You shall not Kill......Page 143
You shall not Commit Adultery......Page 151
You shall not Steal......Page 156
You shall not Covet your Neighbour’s House; nor shall you Desire his Wife, nor his Manservant, nor his Maidservant, nor his ox, nor his Ass, nor Anything that is his.......Page 162
You shall not Speak False Witness Against your Neighbour......Page 170
Lies and Lying......Page 172
Oaths......Page 178
Perjury......Page 186
7 Conformity and Diversity......Page 191
Conformity of Method......Page 192
The Individual Voice......Page 201
Diversity of Genre......Page 209
Last Words......Page 228
Bibliography......Page 233
General Index......Page 244
Index of References to Scripture......Page 248