The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness

by Brown, William P.

• ISBN13: 9780664223236
• ISBN10: 0664223230
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Summary

Offering a host of classic and new essays surveying the scholarly ethical and biblical debate surrounding the Ten Commandments, William Brown organizes his volume into three parts: the history of interpretation, contemporary reflections on the Decalogue as a whole, and contemporary reflections on individual commandments. A useful addition to ethics as well as Old Testament and Hebrew Bible courses, Brown'sThe Ten Commandmentswill be a standard reference for all Decalogue research, as it facilitates a helpful balance between moral, theological, and biblical study.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Abbreviations	xii
General Editors' Introduction	xv
Introduction	1	(11)
William P. Brown
Divine Command and Beyond: The Ethics of the Commandments	12	(21)
Patrick D. Miller
SECTION 1 HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION: A SAMPLING
The Decalogue in the New Testament	33	(12)
Reginald H. Fuller
Law in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas	45	(6)
Michael Dauphinais
Matthew Levering
The Moral Precepts of the Old Law	51	(10)
Thomas Aquinas
Martin Luther and the Rabbinic Mind	61	(7)
George Lindbeck
How Christians Should Regard Moses	68	(10)
Martin Luther
Reformed Explication of the Ten Commandments	78	(22)
John P. Burgess
On the Law and the Commandments	100	(6)
John Calvin
The Two Testaments in the Anabaptist Tradition	106	(10)
Stuart Murray
Three Radical Reformers on the Decalogue	116	(17)
Andreas Karlstadt
Hans Denck
Peter Riedemann
SECTION 2 CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON THE DECALOGUE
The Obedience of Trust: Recovering the Law as Gift	133	(13)
Marty Stevens
Biblical Law and the Origins of Democracy	146	(13)
Jean Louis Ska
Should the Ten Commandments Be Posted in the Public Realm? Why the Bible and the Constitution Say, ``No''	159	(14)
Nancy J. Duff
SECTION 3 CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMANDMENTS
The First Commandment	173	(20)
The First Commandment as a Theological and Ethical Principle	174	(19)
Paul E. Capetz
The Second Commandment	193	(11)
``The Work of Human Hands'' (Psalm 115:4): Idolatry in the Old Testament	194	(10)
John Barton
The Third Commandment	204	(9)
The Fundamental Code Illustrated: The Third Commandment	205	(8)
Herbert B. Huffmon
The Fourth Commandment	213	(24)
A Palace in Time	214	(9)
Abraham J. Heschel
Restless Until We Rest in God: The Fourth Commandment as Test Case in Christian ``Plain Sense'' Interpretation	223	(14)
Kathryn Greene-McCreight
The Fifth Commandment	237	(11)
No Contempt for the Family	238	(10)
Walter J. Harrelson
The Sixth Commandment	248	(18)
``Thou Shalt Not Kill''---The First Commandment of the Just War Tradition	249	(17)
Gary M. Simpson
The Seventh Commandment	266	(9)
Adultery, Prophetic Tradition, and the Decalogue	267	(8)
Hendrik Bosman
The Eighth Commandment	275	(15)
The Eighth Commandment: A Way to King's ``Beloved Community''?	276	(14)
Cheryl B. Anderson
The Ninth Commandment	290	(11)
Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience	291	(10)
Walter Brueggemann
The Tenth Commandment	301	(18)
``Coveting Your Neighbor's House'' in Social Context	302	(17)
Marvin L. Chaney
Appendix: Numbering the Commandments	319	(2)
Bibliography	321	(12)
List of Modern Contributors	333	(4)
Author Index	337	(4)
Scripture Index	341	(6)
Subject Index	347