I am a bit on the fringe with this one.  I locate the 10 Commandments in Eden, prior to the Fall.  If this assertion is correct, then the 10 Commandments not only pre-dated Sinai but all human history!  If the case, then Dispensationalism doesnt make any sense at all, nor other discontinuous theologies.  Anyway, I havent encountered any scholarly work with a similiar opinion to mine, but Dr. Walter Kaiser thought it was good so I have posted it for others to read who have an interest in the role of the Law and the history of redemption.   I think the findings are very profound, but I wrote it and am probably biased.

Click here to download A Biblical Theology of the Ten Commandments

Enjoy! In Christ, Marty