-6). Gochberg (552) says that the Ten Commandments (plus other laws defined in Exodus) are meant to seal the covenant and establish the unique Jewish identity.
The prophetic texts articulate the moral and physical hazard uniquely reserved for the Jews when they fail to abide by their part of the covenant. As Gochberg puts it: "God judges all nations...but his special covenant with the Jews makes special moral demands upon them" (561). The dire invocation of Amos to "let justice roll down like waters, and righteou
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