The Decalogue of Genesis 1-3

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Jared Hood
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-5148

Abstract

Why are the Ten Commandments a decalogue: why ‘ten Words’, why these particular Words, and why are they in the order that they are in? This article first reviews the work of Calum M. Carmichael, before examining the Decalogue in the light of Genesis 1-3.

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Hood, Jared. “The Decalogue of Genesis 1-3”. Reformed Theological Review 75, no. 1 (April 1, 2016). Accessed March 28, 2024. https://rtrjournal.org/index.php/RTR/article/view/118.

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