New: Ten Commandments & Law: Social, Political, and Legal Issues

A new page organizing the various political, legal, and social debates over the Ten Commandments has just been added. The Ten Commandants are first and foremost a religious document, describing the covenental relationship between the Jews and their god. It is, however, a religious document with many social and religious implications. Such implications are obvious in the case of the Jews themselves since the commandments serve to constrain what sorts of social and political options might be available to them. There are also implications for societies in which non-Jews take the Ten Commandments very seriously and think that others should as well. Read More: Ten Commandments & Law: Social, Political, and Legal Issues