The Decalogue through the Centuries: From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XVI

This collection of essays by prominent scholars surveys the ways in which the Decalogue the Ten Commandments has been understood and appropriated from biblical times until today. With chapters devoted to major thinkers such as Aquinas Barth Calvin Luther Maimonides and Wesley the writers explore ways the Decalogue has provided theological ethical moral and devotional reflection throughout many facets of religious thought. The pieces reveal both the continuities in interpretation through the centuries as well as ways in which individual theologians departed from reigning readings to develop new directions.Contributors include Daniel I. Block Craig A. Evans George Hunsinger Matthew Levering D. Stephen Long William E. May David Novak Alison G. Salvesen Susan E. Schreiner Carl R. Trueman and Timothy J. Wengert.