A-Z: General definitions
- T.S. Eliot
- Tabernacle
- Tablets of the Law
- Taboo
- Tale
- Talisman
- Talmud
- Tantalus
- Tarquinius Superbus
- Tartarus
- Tautology
- Tax-collector
- Te Deum
- Teachers of the law
- Technical lexis
- Teiresias
- Telemachus
- Temperament
- Temperance
- Templar
- Temple
- Temple of Vesta
- Tempo Rubato
- Temporal
- Tempt
- Temptation
- Tempter
- Ten Commandments
- Tense
- Tent of Meeting
- Tercet
- Terence
- Tertullian
- Terza Rima
A-Z: General definitions: Tablets of the Law
Definition
Two stone tablets onto which God inscribed the Ten Commandments and gave them to Moses on Mount Sinai.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
Also called 'The Decalogue' (Ten Words). Instructions said to have been given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai, which have not only shaped Jewish and Christian belief and practice but also strongly influenced the legal systems of many countries.
Very important Jewish leader described in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Moses led the Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. Received the Ten Commandments form God.
A mountain in the Sinai Desert where Moses met God and received the Tablets of the Law (Ten Commandments).
