The Divine Code: The Guide to Observing the Noahide Code, Revealed from Mount Sinai in the Torah of Moses

by Moshe Weiner, Michael Schulman (Editor), J. Immanuel Schochet (Introduction)

Interest in the Seven Commandments for the Children of Noah (Non-Jews) is growing, and great numbers of people around the world have committed themselves to observe these commandments. Until publication of The Divine Code, a comprehensive, clear, and expertly researched guide for observance and study of these Divine precepts was lacking. The Divine Code is the result of an historic project by Ask Noah International. Originally published in Hebrew by Rabbi Moshe Weiner and endorsed by prominent Torah scholars, including two Chief Rabbis of Israel, it examines the Torah-law foundations and details of the Noahide precepts. Unique among the other books on this subject, this authoritative text is footnoted with extensively researched Talmudic and post-Talmudic sources, and supplied with additional explanations and enlightening Editor's Notes throughout. It identifies and applies the fundamental principles by which the practical requirements for righteous living are determined for pious Non-Jews. This Fourth Edition encompasses all of the Seven Noahide Commandments and their principles and offshoots. It is the authorized translation according to Rabbi Weiner's personal review and editing. The book contains eight parts, beginning with Fundamentals of the Faith, followed by the seven parts which provide comprehensive explanations of each of the Seven Noahide Commandments and their many offshoots. Also included are several section introductions by the renown Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet, o.b.m., a leading Canadian rabbi and author of many popular books on Torah-based spirituality and philosophy. Additional introductions were contributed by Joe M. Regenstein, Ph.D., a leading expert on guidelines in the meat industry for improved animal welfare; Arthur A. Goldberg, J.D., author of Light in the Closet and Director of J.I.F.G.A.; Rabbi Shimon D. Cowen, Ph.D., Director of of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization, and Michael Schulman, Ph.D., editor of the book and Executive Director of Ask Noah International and Asknoah.org. It also includes an Appendix on the Pious Gentile and the Ger Toshav in Torah Law. Recommended for late teens and adults.

960 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 23, 2017

Reviews

[Matt Tillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

“What Does God Require of Me?”

If you are wondering what God asks of you, or how to deal with a “friend” that keeps inviting you to his church, this book is for you. It covers the nuts and bolts of how to keep the Seven Noachide Laws. Interestingly, it also covers things that ARE permitted, but one wouldn’t expect them to be.

I bought both a trade paperback size hard copy and a Kindle ebook. Then I went through the books (in both versions), wrote in pencil the places that we students should read on a day-by-day basis, and noticed that there seem to be information in both versions that my be placed in a different location, so unless the missing data is penciled in by the user as footnotes or stickie tabs, it might make for some confusion. Neither version looks or reads like there’s ‘missing’ or ‘misplaced’ text is even missing, if you weren’t expecting to find it. Even so, one will not find a clearer or more thorough work in one place on putting the Seven Laws of Noah into action in the real world.