The NINE Commandments: What is unquestionably genuine? – Ross Nichols
In 1878, Moses Wilhelm Shapira, a Jerusalem antiquities dealer and scroll merchant came to possess a fascinating collection of leather strips. He believed that these leather strips, written in Paleo Hebrew were an ancient form of the Bible’s Book of Deuteronomy. He made a transcription of the manuscript and carefully noted variations between the message of the strips and the bible and sent them to Professor Konstantine Schlottmann at Halle University on 24 September 1878. On 7 October 1878 Shapira received a scolding reply calling the manuscript a forgery – particularly noting the differences between it and the “unquestionably genuine Ten Commandments.” In this episode, Ross and Jono discuss some of the differences. How does one count the Ten? How could it be that the manuscript which Shapira acquired contained all which are listed in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 (albeit with different wording and arrangement) as well as an “additional” word and still only have Ten Words? Could it be the “unquestionably genuine Ten Commandments” really only have nine? Does this explain the different numberings of various faith expressions? Don’t miss – The NINE Commandments. What is unquestionably genuine?
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I so welcome any commandment ancient or newly discovered that brings peace and unity to mankind…
Jono Vandor “truth2/u.com” I would like to thank you for your great podcast weekly of James Tabor author of TEB/Transparent English Bible/Genesis and Ross Nichols author of The Moses Scroll on Amazon #1 Best Seller,they very dynamic teachers as well as you too Jono Vandor. I have been very enlighten of the weekly podcast. You can also find Sabbath teaching at 10:30 am central by Ross at “facebook.com/unitedisrael” and “youtube.com/unitedisrae.com. Thank you, thank you!
I find it interesting that Jesus takes the first and last commandments from the ten words listed on the Shapira Scroll and uses them as what he considers to be the two main commandments, which he states are the basis for the Torah and the Prophets.
Jesus also changes them from a “do not” mindset (have no other gods and don’t hate your brother) and changes them to a “do” mindset (love God with all your heart and love your brother as yourself).