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TORAH. Law and Instruction. Kinds of Covenants Parity Suzerainty Biblical covenants Abraham Sinai David New. Kinds of Laws Casuistic Ex 21:2-14 Hammurabi Apodictic Hittite treaties Egyptian wisdom. Law and Covenant. Ritual Decalogue Exodus 34:10-28 Ethical Decalogue
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TORAH Law and Instruction
Kinds of Covenants Parity Suzerainty Biblical covenants Abraham Sinai David New Kinds of Laws Casuistic Ex 21:2-14 Hammurabi Apodictic Hittite treaties Egyptian wisdom Law and Covenant
Ritual Decalogue Exodus 34:10-28 Ethical Decalogue Exodus 20:2-17 Deuteronomy 5:6-21 Contents of Torah Ethical Cultic / Ritual Social / Community Commandments
Some Structures of the Community • Judges (e.g., Exodus 18:13-27) • Artisans (e.g., Exodus 31:1-11 ) • Priests (e.g., Leviticus 8-9) • Elders and Prophets • Numbers 11:16-30
Outside the Pentateuch • Proverbs 3 • Instruction in the family • Nehemiah 10; 13 • Legal authority of covenant and governor • 2 Kings 22-23 • Legal renewal and/or innovation