The ten commandments <subTitle>A short history of an ancient text</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Coogan, Michael</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Yale University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2014</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>176tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>22cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>`In this lively and provocative book, Michael Coogan guides readers into the ancient past to examine the iconic Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue. How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Commandments become `the` Ten Commandments? When did that happen? There are several versions of the Decalogue in the Old Testament, so how have different groups determined which is the most authoritative? Why were different versions created?`</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Michael David Coogan</note> <subject> <topic>Ten commandments</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.1606</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M621-C77</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780300178715</identifier> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070416.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>