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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009366908
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366908
Subjects:
Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Religion
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Book description

The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is usually analysed as a text. Within the Hebrew Bible, however, it is depicted as a monument– an artifact embedded in rituals that a community uses to define itself. Indeed, the phraseology, visual representations, and ritual practices of contemporary monuments used to describe the Ten Commandments imbue them with authority. In this volume, Timothy Hogue, presents a new translation, commentary, and literary analysis of the Decalogue through a comparative study of the commandments with inscribed monuments in the ancient Levant. Drawing on archaeological and art historical studies of monumentality, he grounds the Decalogue's composition and redaction in the material culture and political history of ancient Israel and ancient West Asia. Presenting a new inner-biblical reception history of the text, Hogue's book also provides a new model for dating biblical texts that is based on archaeological and historical evidence, rather than purely literary critical methods.

Reviews

‘I appreciated Hogue’s careful exploration of the Levantine monumental tradition and found his reexamination of the Decalogue thought-provoking. Some of his observations will shift the way I think about the biblical text and its function, especially as it pertains to ritual interaction with monuments.’

Carmen Joy Imes Source: Bulletin for Biblical Research

‘Reading Hogue’s eloquent prose is like witnessing the unveiling of a new discovery. … in this moment when monumentalizing the Ten Commandments is of current import in the United States, Hogue’s work invites us to reflect on our own interactions with the Decalogue in the context of a long and always historically situated chain of tradition.’

Lauren Monroe Source: Biblical Archaeology Review

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