The Decalogue: Living As The People Of God

By David L. Baker

David L. Baker offers a rare and valuable study of the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, within their biblical and ancient Near Eastern setting. In addition to an informative discussion of introductory and background issues, he gives each commandment focussed attention, offering commentary as well as consideration of its meaning for today.

What is the Decalogue? (Shape, form, origin, purpose)
Loving God (1 - 5: loving God, worship, reverence, rest, family)
Loving neighbour (6 - 10: life, marriage, property, truth, coveting)
The Decalogue Today
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• Language: English
• Publisher: IVP
• Release date: Apr 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781783595518

David L. Baker

David L. Baker (PhD, University of Sheffield) is a lecturer in biblical studies at All Nations Christian College, Hertfordshire, England. Until 2014 he was senior lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity Theological College in Perth, Western Australia. Previously, he was deputy warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge, England, and a seminary lecturer in Indonesia for over twenty years. He is the author of Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments and Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law, as well as several books in Indonesian. His research interests include Deuteronomy, the Decalogue, the relationship between the Testaments, and wealth and poverty in the Old Testament.