The Decalogue – Division and Design/2

The Decalogue – Division and Design

Exegetical Approaches

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Traditional Ten

Sources:Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot20:12About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot, YerushalmiBerakhot 1:5About the Yerushalmi, Bavli MakkotMakkot 23b-24aAbout the Bavli, Vayikra Rabbah24:5About Vayikra Rabbah, TanchumaKedoshim 3About the Tanchuma,

Split "לא יהיה"

"אנכי... על פני" and "לא תעשה"

Sources:perhaps PhiloThe Decalogue 50-51The DecalogueAbout Philo, perhaps Josephus3 5About Josephus Antiquities of the Jews, R. Shimon b. Tzemach DuranR. Shimon b. Tzemach DuranAbout R. Shimon b. Tzemach Duran,

"אָנֹכִי י״י אֱלֹהֶיךָ" – Command or proclamation?

Correspondence between Dibrot and Mitzvot

"לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ " - What is included?

לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ - what is included?

Depiction on tablets

"לא יהיה" and "לא תעשה"

"לא יהיה" and "לא תשתחוה"

Split "לא תחמוד"