Sometimes claimed to be a uniquely Christian contribution to ethics, the
"Golden Rule" has also been argued to be an eloquent expression of the universal
principal underlying the concept of law. In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the
prophets. (1)New Revised Standard Version
(1) The Law and the Prophets are the first two parts of the Hebrew Bible. The third, the
Writings, had not been fully consolidated at this time. This commandment would then be the
essence of all Jewish teaching.
