1. Summarize the importance of Moses under the headings:

Liberator and political leader

Prophet and mediator

Law giver.

2. Give reasons why the Ten Commandments are part of Christian teaching whilst other parts of the detailed Law are no longer followed.

3. With reference to African society, describe how the following are understood in traditional thought:

Blessings

Curses

Life after death

Personal morality.

4. Read Hebrews 3: 1-6 and 10: 1-14 and note the writer's familiarity with the Law of Moses.

5. Read Matthew 5: 17-48 and notice the attitude of Jesus to the Law.

6. Read the account of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Luke 9:28-36.

7. Discuss the meaning of 'holiness' in (a) the Pentateuch, and (b) African traditional understanding.

8. Read Acts 15: 1-29 about the meeting ofthe Apostles in Jerusalem in A.D. 49 to discuss the Law and the Gentiles.