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Author Hogue, Timothy S., 1990- author.

Title The Ten commandments : monuments of memory, belief, and interpretation / Timothy S. Hogue, University of Pennsylvania
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Contents Levantine "I am" monuments -- The Decalogue in the book of Exodus -- The Decalogue in the book of Deuteronomy -- The afterlife of the Decalogue in the postmonarchic period -- Appendix 1. Corpus of Levantine "I am" Monuments -- Appendix 2. Transcription and translation of texts in chapter 1 -- Appendix 3. Translation of the narrative in Exodus 19-24:11 with editorial insertions marked
Summary "Connects monumentality and material culture to questions of textual authority and literary history. It includes a comprehensive comparative study of the Decalogue (including new translation and analysis) and Levantine monuments that will be of interest to scholars of Hebrew Bible, Jewish studies, religious studies, archaeology, and art history"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT Ten commandments -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Pentateuch -- Language, style
Bible. Pentateuch fast
Ten commandments fast
Subject Authority in literature.
Inscriptions -- Middle East
Authority in literature
Inscriptions
Language and languages -- Style
Middle East
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781009366908
1009366904
9781009366861
1009366866
Other Titles Eternal monument of the divine king