The Slave Bible. Until watching the video on it, I had never heard of such a thing. It’s so sad that people took out parts of the Bible promoting inclusion to all in order to create a book that was directed to slaves and making them more submissive to their owners. So, how does this connect with law? Well, the Bible is full of laws and the laws that were included in the Slave Bible were the laws that promoted submissiveness and obedience to slave owners. There are many books of the Bible that are filled with extensive laws, but the main laws of the Bible were of course the Ten Commandments. I thought the video on who the Ten Commandments were intended for was very interesting. I had always thought of the Ten Commandments as God’s guidance for all to become closer to Him, so hearing that the Commandments were not intended for all was quite shocking to me. It also brought some questions to my mind, such as what does this mean for people who are not Israelite men with families or households? Does this mean that the Commandments are not applicable to us? Well, I’ve always been taught of course not but maybe the Commandments and who they are intended for is a much deeper question than we have taken it all these years.
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