Book of the Law

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The Book of the Law is a foundational scriptural text in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally understood as a written compilation of divine commandments and teachings central to ancient Israelite religion.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Book of the Law canonical 3
Book of the Covenant 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical text ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
religious scripture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Law of Moses ⓘ
linked to: Mosaic Law

Torah ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Moses ⓘ
attributedTo Mosaic authorship (traditional) ⓘ
centralTo covenant between YHWH and Israel ⓘ
contains divine commandments ⓘ
ethical instructions ⓘ
legal regulations ⓘ
ritual prescriptions ⓘ
teachings ⓘ
function definition of Israelite identity ⓘ
regulation of cultic practice ⓘ
regulation of social relations ⓘ
genre didactic prose ⓘ
law code ⓘ
influenceOn Christian Old Testament interpretation of law ⓘ
later Jewish halakhic tradition ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn 2 Chronicles ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ
Deuteronomy ⓘ
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy

Joshua ⓘ
partOf Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
roleInCommunity normative legal authority for Israel ⓘ
roleInEducation basis for instruction in the commandments ⓘ
roleInWorship read publicly in assemblies ⓘ
status authoritative scripture in Christianity (Old Testament) ⓘ
authoritative scripture in Judaism ⓘ
theologicalTheme blessing and curse ⓘ
covenant obedience ⓘ
divine sovereignty ⓘ
holiness ⓘ
viewedAs written form of divine will ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josiah → associatedWithText → Book of the Law ⓘ
Hilkiah → associatedText → Book of the Law ⓘ
Shaphan the scribe → receivedItem → Book of the Law ⓘ
Exodus 24 → mentionsObject → Book of the Covenant ⓘ
linked to: Book of the Law