Talk:Mosaic covenant/Archive 1

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I'm a Jew who has studied the Torah and other aspects of the religion, and taken part in (practiced, observed) the religion, to a fair extent, and I have never before come across the term "Mosaic covenant." What's the relationship of this term to mosaic? Seems a bizarre term, is all I am saying. LordAmeth (talk) 08:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems to be a fairly standard scholarly term. The work Mosaic comes from Moses. OliAtlason (talk) 20:39, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Proselytes and the Mosaic Covenant
My questioning the addition of proselytes was not denying the proselytes, but that the Covenant was made between God and the Israelites only. For now the current version is acceptable. Editor2020 (talk) 01:33, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Covenant Forms in Israel
According to Mendenhall, the covenant was not just an idea, but actually an historical event. This event was the formation of the covenant community. Wandering the desert, the clans left Egypt following Moses. These people were all of different backgrounds, containing no status in any social community. With all these circumstances they formed their own community by a covenant whose texts turned into the Decalogue. The Israelite's did not bind themselves to Moses as their leader though and Moses was not a part of the covenant. Moses was just seen as a historical figure of some type sent as a messenger. The Israelite's followed the form of the suzerainty treaty and were bound to obey stipulations that were set by Yahweh, not Moses. AL2015 (talk) 15:52, 9 March 2015 (UTC)