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Ethical Decalogue

Ethical Decalogue proper noun: two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.

Proper noun

the Ethical Decalogue

  1. Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.
    • The lists of Exodus 34 and Deuteronomy 5 are called "ten commandments" in the biblical text [...], and that title, or the equivalent Latin term Decalogue, has traditionally been applied to the list of Exodus 20/Deuteronomy 5. Biblical scholars often distinguish the Exodus 20/Deuteronomy 5 list from...2008, Norman Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction, page 118

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What does Ethical Decalogue mean?
Ethical Decalogue means two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.
What part of speech is Ethical Decalogue?
Ethical Decalogue is a proper noun.

Words near Ethical Decalogue in the dictionary

  1. ethic datives
  2. ethic of reciprocity
  3. ethical
  4. ethical dative
  5. ethical datives
  6. Ethical Decalogue
  7. ethical egoism
  8. ethical investment
  9. ethical investments
  10. ethical screen
  11. ethical screens

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