GOD’S LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

GOD’S Law in the Old Testament

I.    TERMS USED
1.    Torah (“Law”)
2.    Synonyms of Torah
(1)    Micwah (“Command”)
(2)    ‘Edhah (“Witness,” “Testimony”)
(3)    Mishpatim (“Judgments”)
(4)    Hukkim (“Statutes”)
(5)    Pikkudhim (“Precepts”)

II.    THE WRITTEN RECORD OF THE LAW
1.    The Critical Dating of the Laws
2.    Groups of Laws in P (the Priestly Code)
3.    The Book of the Covenant
(1)    Judgments. Compared with Code of Hammurabi
(2)    Basis of Law of Covenant. Earlier Customs
4.    The Book of the Law of Deuteronomy 31
5.    The Law of Holiness
6.    The Final Compilation

III.    THE GENERAL CHARACTER AND DESIGN OF THE LAW
1.    The Civil Law
(1)    Servants and the Poor
(2)    Punishments
(3)    Marriage
(4)    Sabbaths and Feasts
2.    The Ceremonial Law
(1)    Origin of Sacrifice
(2)    The Levitical Ritual
(3)    The Law Truly a Torah
IV.    THE PASSING AWAY OF THE LAW\