The Ten commandments : monuments of memory, belief, and interpretation / Timothy S. Hogue, University of Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogue, Timothy S., 1990- author.

Standardized Title:

Eternal monument of the divine king

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ten commandments--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Ten commandments.

Bible. Pentateuch--Language, style.

Bible.

Authority in literature.

Inscriptions--Middle East.

Inscriptions.

Bible. Pentateuch.

Language and languages--Style.

Middle East.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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.

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.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2019, under the title: The eternal monument of the divine king : monumentality, reembodiment, and social formation in the Decalogue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009366892

1009366890

9781009366885

1009366882

OCLC:

1380832811

Publisher Number:

99994855608