Bible Canon

THE BIBLE CANON : M. M. NINAN
Hence at least the Ten Commandments (or at least its preamble part) were spoken by God
directly to the whole people of Israel.
There were therefore two parts to the Sinaitic laws - A part that God spoke directly to the
people – the ten commandments and a lot of other commandments that Moses wrote down
under the instruction of God. Only the stones which contained the ten commandments were
laid inside the Ark of the Covenant which was in the Holy of Holies.
Other laws the 'Law and the Prophets' were kept outside the Holy of Holies.
Thus the basis of the scripture is solidly founded on objective historical fact where God
directly gave the Laws to the world. For this there were over a million witnesses and
seventy four elders who say YHVH the God of Israel with whom they as representatives of
the nations covenanted with YHVH.
All the remaining revelations are dependent on this ultimate revelation until the final and
full revelation in incarnation.
Jewish and Christian tradition holds Moses responsible for writing the Torah. Moses was the
religious leader of the Hebrew people who led them out of slavery in Egypt and on to the
Promised Land of Canaan in the thirteenth century B.C.E. The books of the Torah are
popularly referred to as the Five Books of Moses.
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