| Series Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Abbreviations for Scripture Versions | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Significance of the Commandments | p. 1 |
| How to Think about the Commandments | p. 4 |
| The Place of the Commandments in the Christian Life | p. 9 |
| The Lord Alone | p. 13 |
| The Prologue | p. 15 |
| The First Commandment: No Other Gods | p. 19 |
| The Second Commandment: Make No Images | p. 48 |
| Hallowing the Name of God | p. 63 |
| The Meaning of the Third Commandment | p. 64 |
| The Name of God | p. 72 |
| Using and Misusing the Name of God | p. 81 |
| Excursus: Pronouncing the Name of God | p. 115 |
| Keeping the Sabbath | p. 117 |
| What Is Commanded | p. 118 |
| Why Keep the Sabbath? The Exodus Rationale | p. 124 |
| Why Keep the Sabbath? The Deuteronomic Rationale | p. 127 |
| The Moral Issues | p. 131 |
| Holy Times | p. 149 |
| The Further Trajectory of the Commandment | p. 151 |
| Jesus and the Sabbath | p. 158 |
| The Sabbath or Sunday? | p. 162 |
| "A Sabbath Rest Still Remains" | p. 165 |
| Respect for Parents | p. 167 |
| The Fifth Commandment as Bridge between the First and Second Tables | p. 168 |
| The Addressee of the Commandment | p. 174 |
| Honoring Parents: How Does It Happen? | p. 176 |
| The Commandment with a Promise | p. 202 |
| Further Developments in the Story of the Fifth Commandment | p. 207 |
| Protecting Life | p. 221 |
| The Commandment in Its Context | p. 221 |
| The Meaning of the Commandment | p. 223 |
| The Trajectory of the Commandment | p. 224 |
| Internalizing the Commandment | p. 262 |
| The Positive Force of the Commandment | p. 263 |
| A Look at the New Testament | p. 265 |
| Marriage, Sex, and The Neighbor | p. 271 |
| The Addressee of the Commandment | p. 272 |
| The Basic Claim of the Commandment | p. 274 |
| The Rationale for the Commandment | p. 277 |
| The Trajectory of the Commandment through Scripture | p. 281 |
| Into the New Testament by Way of the Tenth Commandment | p. 311 |
| Property and Possessions | p. 317 |
| The Meaning of the Commandment | p. 318 |
| The Legal Trajectory of the Commandment | p. 320 |
| The First Commandment | p. 331 |
| The Story of the Commandment | p. 332 |
| Other Voices | p. 336 |
| Telling the Truth | p. 343 |
| The Meaning of the Commandment | p. 343 |
| The Violence of Words | p. 345 |
| The Starting Point and Continuing Context of the Commandment | p. 347 |
| Lying and Stealing-Honor and Property | p. 362 |
| The Story of the Commandment | p. 369 |
| Other Voices | p. 374 |
| The Continuing Trajectory of the Commandment | p. 382 |
| Truth-Telling as a Theological Issue | p. 385 |
| Desire and Its Repercussions | p. 387 |
| The Unresolved Problem of Numbering the Commandments | p. 387 |
| The Meaning of the Tenth Commandment | p. 389 |
| Elaborating the Commandment in the Laws | p. 402 |
| The First and the Last Commandments | p. 406 |
| From the Old Testament to the New | p. 408 |
| Wrapping It Up | p. 412 |
| Appendix: The Ethics of the Commandments | p. 415 |
| The Givenness of the Commands | p. 416 |
| The Context of the Divine Commands: The Covenant and the Prologue | p. 418 |
| Responsibility, Character, and the Narrative of the Commandments | p. 423 |
| Motivation and Rationality: The Reasonableness of the Commandments | p. 428 |
| Sin and Guilt | p. 430 |
| Bibliography | p. 433 |
| Scripture Index | p. 447 |
| Subject Index | p. 461 |
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