Existing Studies Summary¶

Directly Relevant Prior Studies¶

Analyzed: torah, mitsvah, choq, mishpat, edut, piqqud, chuqqah
Key finding: Hebrew law terms describe formal character (instruction, command, decree, judgment, testimony) not moral categories. No Hebrew term means exclusively "moral law" or "ceremonial law."
N032: LXX translators maintained torah->nomos and mitsvah->entole as stable mappings but compressed other Hebrew terms
E218: Torah maps to nomos 188 times; mitsvah maps to entole 153 times
E220: Dikaioma is the LXX catch-all for seven different Hebrew terms
I038: Paul's nomos/entole distinction in Rom 7:7-12 maps to torah/mitsvah via LXX
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/law-06-hebrew-law-vocabulary/CONCLUSION.md

Key finding: NT authors use entole for God's moral commands and dogma for ceremonial regulations
Dogma NEVER used for God's moral commandments
Entole: 71 NT occurrences; consistently for moral commands
Dogma: 5 NT occurrences; Caesar's decree, apostolic council, abolished ordinances
Eph 2:15 narrowing: ton nomon -> ton entolon -> en dogmasin
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/nt-commandments-vs-ordinances/CONCLUSION.md

Analyzed all seven NT abolition passages and their Greek vocabulary
Key finding: Each abolition passage identifies its referent through specific Greek vocabulary; none names the Decalogue
E1/E054: Col 2:14 uses cheirographon tois dogmasin
E2/E053: Eph 2:15 uses ton nomon ton entolon en dogmasin
E31/E250: Cheirographon = hand-written; Decalogue = God-written
N1/N018: Dogma never used for the Decalogue
I2: Dogma/cheirographon = cessation vocabulary; entole/nomos = moral vocabulary
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/law-08-abolished-at-cross/CONCLUSION.md

Established ceremonial vocabulary: dogma in Eph 2:15/Col 2:14, dikaioma in Heb 9:1,10, skia in Heb 10:1/Col 2:17
Comprehensive Contrast Table: Decalogue vs. Ceremonial Law
NT consistently uses specific vocabulary for abolished items
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/law-04-ceremonial-laws/CONCLUSION.md

All 21 "law of Moses" occurrences
Word study on dikaioma (G1345) -- all 10 NT occurrences
Vocabulary distribution: nomos, entole, dogma, dikaioma mapped to "Law of Moses" vs. "Law of God"
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/law-07-law-of-moses/CONCLUSION.md

Foundation word studies on G1785 entole, G1378 dogma, G1345 dikaioma, G3551 nomos
The Nomos/Entole Cluster table
Path: D:/bible/bible-studies/law-01-gods-moral-law/CONCLUSION.md

E010: Rom 7:12 -- law is holy, commandment holy/just/good
E011: Rom 7:14 -- law is spiritual
E025: Rom 3:31 -- we establish the law
E026: Rom 8:4 -- dikaioma of the law fulfilled in us
E028: Rom 13:9 -- five Decalogue commands as content love fulfills
E046: Rom 7:7 -- Paul identifies nomos with Decalogue by quoting 10th commandment
E053: Eph 2:15 -- law of commandments in ordinances abolished
E054: Col 2:14 -- handwriting of ordinances nailed to cross
E136: Heb 9:10 -- carnal ordinances until time of reformation
E143: 1 Cor 7:19 -- circumcision nothing; keeping commandments of God
E249: Dogma appears 5 times; distribution documented
E250: Cheirographon = hand-written; Decalogue = God-written
E251: katargoumenen in 2 Cor 3:7 is FEMININE, agreeing with doxan not nomos
E253: In Heb 7:16,18 entole refers to Levitical priesthood, not Decalogue

N018: Dogma never used for Decalogue
N030: Hebrew law vocabulary describes formal character, not moral categories
N032: LXX compressed Hebrew distinctions; NT Greek less precise
N047: Paul uses katargeo both to abolish (Eph 2:15) and deny abolishing (Rom 3:31)
N080: Paul uses nomos in at least four distinct senses

I033: Hebrew distribution patterns implicitly support moral/ceremonial taxonomy
I036: Absence of dedicated vocabulary labels proves no distinction exists (counter-argument)
I038: Paul's nomos/entole in Rom 7 maps to torah/mitsvah via LXX
I046: "2 Cor 3:7-13 abolishes the Decalogue" -- resolved Strong toward Continues
I047: "All seven abolition passages = ceremonial" -- Continues