And, yes, the Ten Commandments are a sacred Jewish text (known as the aseret ha-dibrot, the 10 utterances), which is not the reason why he has made that a mandate.

The graven image of the Ten Commandments, as well as the name of its sponsor, Judge Roy Moore, will a) fade into history or b) get enshrined somewhere in Alabama. But the debates prompted by Moore’s ...

So, those of us who cherish the Ten Commandments, in Texas and beyond, ought to seek the flourishing of the weakest among us as our highest priority. We ought not only be generous in sharing our own ...

It's became a bit of a tradition leading up to the Easter holidays each year: the annual airing of The Ten Commandments airing on primetime TV. The 1956 Cecil B. DeMille-directed religious epic ...

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before the Supreme Court to argue Van Orden v. Perry. The question was whether a monument inscribed ...

I believe I know why. The Ten Commandments are found twice in the Bible, first in Exodus and later in Deuteronomy. Both describe Moses’s receipt of the covenant at Mt. Sinai.

The Ten Commandments were originally addressed to the children of Israel. The opening words—“I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you from the Land of Egypt, from the house of slaves”—are ...

In the primary source — the Hebrew Bible — there exist at least three depictions of the Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1, when God speaks the 10 statements directly to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai.

Stone tablet bearing Paleo-Hebrew inscription with Samaritan version of Biblical text — expected to fetch more than $1 million — open to questioning, NYT reports The post As ‘oldest Ten ...

Sotheby’s auction house is selling a stone version of the Ten Commandments that it says is the world’s oldest, dating to A.D. 300-800. The artifact even comes with a fun story about missing ...