The Decalogue, the Ten
Commandments given to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai, are the fundamental
tenets that have shaped the norms and character of the Jewish people and have exerted
a wide influence on world civilization. Subsequent generations down the ages
have adopted diverse and divergent approaches to the Decalogue, as expressed in
Jewish legal and literary sources, biblical interpretation and criticism,
philosophy and theology, liturgical poetry, music and art. The reader is
presented here with seminal discussions on this theme by leading scholars.
These articles, specially written for the Hebrew volume and now translated into
English, cover the Ten Commandments through a spectrum of tradition and provide
valuable insights on the subject to the general reader, as well as to educators and
students.