CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Los Angeles, United States: The world’s oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments-dating back about 1, 500 to 1, 700 years-may fetch at least USD 250, 000 at an auction in the US.

Detailed explanation-2: -They published an academic paper that recounts the story of the stone’s discovery and provides background information about its historical context. Kaplan eventually sold the stone to an American, Rabbi Saul Deutsch, who took it to the US and put it on display at his Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn, New York.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments-and the only version thought to remain intact today-is a white marble slab engraved with 20 lines of faded Paleo-Hebrew Samaritan script.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bible actually contains two complete sets of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 and Deut. 5:6-21). In addition, Leviticus 19 contains a partial set of the Ten Commandments (see verses 3-4, 11-13, 15-16, 30, 32), and Exodus 34:10-26 is sometimes considered a ritual decalogue.

Detailed explanation-5: -The year the Ten Commandments were written is unknown. Scholars have proposed a wide range of dates on the basis of different interpretations of the commandments’ origin, from between the 16th and 13th centuries BCE to after 750 BCE.