Ethical Decalogue

Ethical Decalogue
Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.

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  • DECALOGUE — (The Ten Commandments). The statements of God quoted by Moses in Deuteronomy 5:6–18 are entitled the ten words, or utterances (Heb. עֲשֶׂרֶתהַדְּבָרִים aseret ha devarim; LXX δέκα ῥήματα (Deut. 4:13), δέκα λόγοι (10:4). The same title in Exodus… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Decalogue — The Decalogue, also known as the Ten Commandments, is a list of religious and moral imperatives that, according to the Abrahamic religions, was given by God to the people of Israel. It occurs in two forms: Ethical Decalogue, the more familiar… …   Wikipedia

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  • decalogue — Synonyms and related words: Ten Commandments, Zeitgeist, axiology, behavioral norm, business ethics, code, code of ethics, code of morals, ethic, ethical system, ethics, ethos, legal ethics, medical ethics, moral climate, moral code, moral… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Ritual Decalogue — Part of a series on The Bible …   Wikipedia

  • Ritual Decalogue — noun One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were written by God and given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly… …   Wiktionary

  • Ten Commandments — For other uses, see Ten Commandments (disambiguation). This 1768 …   Wikipedia

  • Deuteronomic Code — The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code within the Book of Deuteronomy. It contains a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war .[1] They are… …   Wikipedia

  • Exodus — (Greek: έξοδος, eksodos = departure ) is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God (Mount Sinai). There Yahweh,… …   Wikipedia

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