Exodus 20 - "The 10 Commandments 1.0"

[Raima]

The only screw up I see is reading a book/translation (or whatever it is) that divides the Bible into sources.

What's the problem with that? I thought there was widespread agreement, at least since the nineteenth century, even among Christians, that the Bible is the work of multiple authors.

To word it better, several authors didn't write each chapter in a book. One author for each book.

[zilch]

The only screw up I see is reading a book/translation (or whatever it is) that divides the Bible into sources.

What's the problem with that? I thought there was widespread agreement, at least since the nineteenth century, even among Christians, that the Bible is the work of multiple authors.

To word it better, several authors didn't write each chapter in a book. One author for each book.

That's not what the philologists say, as far as I know. Barring time machines, I'll go with the philologists.

[BeamStalk]

What's the problem with that? I thought there was widespread agreement, at least since the nineteenth century, even among Christians, that the Bible is the work of multiple authors.

To word it better, several authors didn't write each chapter in a book. One author for each book.

That's not what the philologists say, as far as I know. Barring time machines, I'll go with the philologists.

The biggest issue is that each of these sources contain language that is very specific to certain time periods. There is no way that one person could have written Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Unless they suddenly decided to switch between wording that was no longer used in their time.

[zilch]

That likeness struck me too, but that still begs the question: why no idols? I suspect that God doesn't like idols for the same reason I gave: too uppity.

Idols represent others Gods....other than the one true God.

That's what I meant by "uppity": not truckling to the Man. "My way or the highway", the friendly persuasion of dictators since time immemorial.