Filipiak, Marian (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 1979)
The first commandment of the Decalogue contains a general part (Exod. 20,3; Deut. 5,7), and the detailed part (Exod. 20,4-6; Deut. 5,8-10). The general part expresses the truth, that the object of worship must be transcendent, so it can only be God. The detailed part forbids making pictures of Jahwe, since figurativeness in the worship can lead to negation of absolute transcendence of God against the world. The transcendence of God Jahwe more than monotheism differentiates the religion of the Old Testament from the religion of the Antient East.
