DEUTERONOMY 5-11. MOSES'SECOND ADDRESS. This contains laws
(Deuteronomy 5:6) and (mainly) exhortation based on the fundamental
conception of Yahweh's uniqueness. This discourse had probably an
independent origin, but it is exceedingly homogeneous, and conforms
throughout with the type of composition... [ Continue Reading ]
Yahweh's covenant (Deuteronomy 4:13 *) with Israel at Horeb
(Deuteronomy 1:2 *) and its obligations (Deuteronomy 5:6). With D's
version of the Decalogue (Deuteronomy 5:6) compare the earlier form in
Exodus 20:1 * (E). Wellhausen is wrong in holding that there is a
third (an older) version in Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]