>> Matthew 22:34-40
>> But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,
>> they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question,
>> testing Him, and saying, "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment
>> in the law?" Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God
>> with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is 
>> the
>> first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love
>> your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the
>> Law and the Prophets."
>
> I fail to see the relevance.

Oh, it's just that Jesus did talk about the commandments and the law
quite a bit.  It's legitimate to say that's clarification instead of 
historical
context.

> I was speaking of the ten commandments, as given to Moses. Certainly, 
> something that comes later can dispute or clarify such commandments. But I 
> don't know what context God's words to Adam could have that isn't in 
> Genesis, given there was nobody else in the entire world at the time.

Genesis was written by Moses, before that time it was oral history.
The penatuch (the first five books) is written in an early legal format
where the same conclusions are reached in several ways. The creation
story is meant to give context to the establishment of the law.

> Jesus says which of the commandments are more important. How does that 
> help Moses interpret them? How does that help anyone before Jesus 
> interpret them?
>
> (This is turning into a pretty silly discussion at this point. :-)

Well, athiests find God silly, so the idea that Moses talked with
God seems silly to them, and the idea that Jesus was raised from
the dead seems silly to them.

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