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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: decalogue_cmap, all explanations of the TANAKH i.e. prayers siddur, commandment reform rejects the idea of direct command. PERSONAL MORAL AUTONOMY, The Decalogue opens with the solemn affirmation, put in the first person, that the speaker is Yhwh, Israel's ("thy") God, who hath led Israel ("thee") out of Egypt. Therefore there shall be for Israel ("thee") no other gods before Yhwh's ("my") face. Prohibition of idolatry follows as a logical amplification of this impressive announcement, and then a caution against taking Yhwh's name in vain. The duty of remembering the Sabbath and that of honoring father and mother are emphasized. Murder, adultery, theft, and false testimony are forbidden, and the Decalogue concludes with an expanded declaration against, covetousness. don't do adultery marriage, sexual fidelity, divorce, the tanakh 2 prophets, All the 70 Canaanite Gods were absorbed into one central God, a "god who has 70 names". Perhaps this is why we always call God "Elohim" - elohim means "Gods" - the Shema If we translate the Shema very literally, we suddenly can understand its importance: HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORDS OUR GODS, THE LORDS ARE ONE. The 70 different Gods of Canaan have been compacted into the 70 names of the ONE GOD - YAHWEH, Is built around the ideal of carrying out Gods commands the rabbis teach A person is only free if he obeys God's commands. Freedom comes through carrying out God's will., His name was YAHWEH in Judaism All the 70 Canaanite Gods were absorbed into one central God, a "god who has 70 names". Perhaps this is why we always call God "Elohim" - elohim means "Gods" -, a covenant is a treaty literary form the Decalogue follows the literary conventions of ancient Ugarit Treaties, EXODUS 20 1 -14 text The Decalogue opens with the solemn affirmation, put in the first person, that the speaker is Yhwh, Israel's ("thy") God, who hath led Israel ("thee") out of Egypt. Therefore there shall be for Israel ("thee") no other gods before Yhwh's ("my") face. Prohibition of idolatry follows as a logical amplification of this impressive announcement, and then a caution against taking Yhwh's name in vain. The duty of remembering the Sabbath and that of honoring father and mother are emphasized. Murder, adultery, theft, and false testimony are forbidden, and the Decalogue concludes with an expanded declaration against, covetousness., nature of torah orthodox Torah is from God, dictated to Moses "Moses as fax machine", the tanakh 1 Torah, EXODUS 20 1 -14 related syllabus issues written torah, all explanations of the TANAKH i.e. mishnah, the Decalogue follows the literary conventions of ancient Ugarit Treaties where was Ugarit? Just north of Israel, the City of Ugarit flourished around 3400 years ago, EXODUS 20 1 -14 related syllabus issues mitzvoth, covenant definition a covenant is a treaty, the tanakh 3 writings, a covenant is a treaty ancient god One of the Gods of Ugarit was El Berith "God of the Covenant", rejects the idea of direct command. PERSONAL MORAL AUTONOMY reform teaches A person is only free if they do as they think is right for themselves., commandment orthodoxy Is built around the ideal of carrying out Gods commands