The assertion of sean cardinal omalley roman catholic archbishop of boston assumes that the ten commandments are immutable presumably because they were divinely given careful reading of the bible shows otherwise as we have seen the text of the ten commandments was not fixed in ancient israel the. The ten commandments a short history of an ancient text michael coogan new haven cn yale 2014 176 pp 2500 this book has an outer shell and an inner nut the outer shell that wraps around the argument deals with the public display of the ten commandments in american governmental spaces. The ten commandments a short history of an ancient text kindle edition by coogan michael download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the ten commandments a short history of an ancient text. The ten commandments a short history of an ancient textby michael coogan new haven ct yale university press 2014 192pp 2500 2500 e book