A Song of Power and the Power of Song: Essays on the Book of DeuteronomyThe very nature of the Book of Deuteronomy attracts the attention of all who work in the disciplines of biblical theology and historical-critical methodology. This volume collects twenty-five seminal articles (several published for the first time in English) that provide a vital introduction to the major interpretive issues surrounding Deuteronomy. This volume will serve as a primary or supplementary textbook in upper-level Deuteronomy or Pentateuch courses and will be an invaluable resource to all students and scholars working in the Book of Deuteronomy. |
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Contents
Approaches and Issues | 3 |
Basic Issues and the Book as a Whole | 19 |
The Present State of Inquiry | 21 |
The State of the Question | 36 |
The Book of Deuteronomy | 62 |
Covenant in a Century of Study since Wellhausen | 78 |
Deuteronomy and the Central Sanctuary | 94 |
Deuteronomy and Ugaritic Studies | 109 |
Ancient Israels Criminal Law | 225 |
Malediction and Benediction in Ancient Near Eastern Vassal Treaties and the Old Testament | 247 |
Their Relationship to the Prohibitives | 256 |
693020 HistoricoLiterary Comparative and Formcritical Considerations | 269 |
The Central Core Deuteronomy 1226 | 281 |
Some Postulates of Biblical Criminal Law | 283 |
The Deuteronomic Portrait of Moses | 301 |
The Sequence of the Laws in Deuteronomy 1226 and in the Decalogue | 313 |
Wisdom Influence in Deuteronomy | 123 |
The Outer Frame Deuteronomy 13 and 3134 | 135 |
Principal Observations on the Basic Story in Deuteronomy 13 | 137 |
The End of the Unholy War and the AntiExodus | 147 |
143 | 156 |
Deuteronomy 32 | 169 |
Legendary Motifs in the Moses Death Reports | 181 |
The Inner Frame Deuteronomy 411 and 2730 | 193 |
Deuteronomy 4 and the Literary Criticism of Deuteronomy | 195 |
The Laws Concerning Public Offices in Deuteronomy 16181822 | 336 |
New Directions in Recent Research | 353 |
Toward a Compositional Analysis of the Deuteronomic History | 355 |
Divine Speech in Deuteronomy | 375 |
The Numeruswechsel in Deuteronomy 12 | 394 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Song of Power and the Power of Song: Essays on the Book of Deuteronomy Volume 3 of G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Issue 3 of Sources for biblical and theological study |
| Editor | Duane L. Christensen |
| Publisher | Eisenbrauns, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0931464749, 9780931464744 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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