English Dictionary

Ritual Decalogue

固有名詞

One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.

日本語の意味

十戒のうち、宗教的・道徳的戒律のリストの一つで、主に儀式に関する戒律を集めたもの。旧約聖書によれば、モーセがシナイ山で受けた二つの石板に刻まれていた。

During the seminar, the historian explained how the Ritual Decalogue functioned as a set of temple rituals rather than as a moral code.

セミナーで、歴史家は儀礼的十戒が道徳規範というよりも神殿で行われる一連の儀式として機能していたと説明した。

意味（1）

One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.

The lists of Exodus 34 and Deuteronomy 5 are called ten commandments in the biblical text …, and that title, or the equivalent Latin term Decalogue, has traditionally been applied to the list of Exodus 20/Deuteronomy 5. Biblical scholars often distinguish the Exodus 20/Deuteronomy 5 list from the Exodus 34 list on the basis of content by referring to the former as the Ethical Decalogue and the latter as the Ritual Decalogue.