Rules of Engagement (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then God spoke all these words, saying,  Exodus 20:1  NASB All these words – Modern Jewish biblical scholars draw our attention to some difficult paradoxes.  Nachmanides is an example: Our teacher Moses wrote this book of Genesis together with the entire Torah as dictated by the holy One, blessed is He. . . . It…

Rules of Engagement (1)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then God spoke all these words, saying,  Exodus 20:1  NASB All these words – kāl dābārim, “all words.”  But what is the meaning of “all”?  This verse precedes the recitation of the ten commandments.  Are just the Ten Commandments included in “all”?  What about the rest of God’s words to Moses? Orthodox Rabbinic Judaism has a…