Were the Ten Commandments an afterthought?

DR. CYNTHIA EDENBURG: The Origins of the Decalogue (TheTorah.com).

The Decalogue was not originally part of the Sinai theophany but was added later, both in Exodus and Deuteronomy. Its origins lie in wisdom literature.

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