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I grew up in a generation of children required to memorize and recite the Ten Commandments by heart. They set the shape of accepted Christian ethics. Later, I visited many churches with the Ten Commandments inscribed on the walls but lacking the vital context of the opening affirmation of God's redeeming grace: 'I am the LORD your God who brought you up out of the house of bondage' law without gospel. David Baker's timely book challenges us to reconsider the foundational place of the Decalogue in Christian personal and public ethics. But he is also careful to note the context both the biblical context of God's people's obedience as a grateful response to saving grace, and the surrounding context of Ancient Near Eastern cultures and laws, for helpful comparison and contrast. The result is a richly rewarding textbook, surveying the field of biblical scholarship comprehensively but with a light touch, drawing together many threads in wider biblical theology, and reflecting on the relevance of the Ten Commandments in contemporary church and society. --Christopher J. H. Wright, international ministries director, Langham Partnership, author of Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

David Baker is someone who knows the Old Testament, knows the ancient Near East, and knows the scholarly literature, and his study of the Ten Commandments is clear, thorough, wide ranging, and knowledgeable. Further, if you ever want to read anything else, the footnotes and the bibliography are a treasury. --John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary

This book is a very good summary of the ethical principles given in the Decalogue and does an excellent job calling the people of God to live accordingly. --T. Timothy Chen, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, January 2018

David Baker is someone who knows the Old Testament, knows the Ancient Near East, and knows the scholarly literature, and his study of the Ten Commandments is clear, thorough, wide ranging, and knowledgeable. Further, if you ever want to read anything else, the footnotes and the bibliography are a treasury. --John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary

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David L. Baker (PhD, University of Sheffield) is a lecturer in biblical studies at All Nations Christian College, Hertfordshire, England. Until 2014 he was senior lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity Theological College in Perth, Western Australia. Previously, he was deputy warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge, England, and a seminary lecturer in Indonesia for over twenty years. He is the author of Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments and Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law, as well as several books in Indonesian. His research interests include Deuteronomy, the Decalogue, the relationship between the Testaments, and wealth and poverty in the Old Testament.

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