deity (as, e.g., Muslim theologians would contend), but to Yahweh’s claim to total and undivided loyalty. Implicit also in the formula is the declaration that Yahweh is the reality toward whom all human religious aspiration is feeling—whether nature worship (Baalism), astrology, occultism, or “self-realization.” In Judaistic tradition Deut. 6:4 became the core of the daily credal confession known as the Shema (“hear …”). It is important that love can be commanded (v. 5; cf. 11:1, 13, 22). It is not