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The heart of Deuteronomy is the law-code which is found in Deut 12–26. These laws cover a number of issues relating to Israel’s subsequent life in the Promised Land, including sacrificial worship (chapter 12), loyalty to Israel’s God (chapter 13), festivals (chapter 16), officials (chapters 16–18), warfare (chapter 20), marriage and sexual intercourse, purity, loans, theft, and ...
Jun 29, 2004 · Israel’s Covenant Renewal (Deuteronomy) Our Lord resisted and refuted Satan’s temptations by citing the truths of Deuteronomy (see Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-12). In many ways, his testing in the wilderness paralleled Israel’s testing in the wilderness for 40 years. Our Lord, however, came through His testing without failing, as He ...
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The English title “Deuteronomy” comes from the Greek Septuagint (LXX)1 mistranslation of “copy of this law” in 17:18 as “second law,” which was rendered Deuteronomiumin the Latin version (Vulgate). The Hebrew title of the book is translated “These are the words,” from the first two Hebrew words of the book. The Hebrew title is a better description ...
Moses has been traditionally recognized as the author of Deuteronomy, since the book itself testifies that Moses wrote it (1:1, 5; 31:9, 22, 24). Both the OT (1 Kin. 2:3; 8:53; 2 Kin. 14:6; 18:12) and the NT (Acts 3:22, 23; Rom. 10:19) support the claim of Mosaic authorship. While Deut. 32:48–34:12was added after Moses’ death (probably by Joshua), ...
Like Leviticus, Deuteronomy does not advance historically, but takes place entirely in one location over about one month of time (cf. Deut. 1:3 and 34:8 with Josh. 5:6–12). Israel was encamped in the central rift valley to the E of the Jordan River (Deut. 1:1). This location was referred to in Num. 36:13as “the plains of Moab,” an area N of the Arn...
Like Leviticus, Deuteronomy contains much legal detail, but with an emphasis on the people rather than the priests. As Moses called the second generation of Israel to trust the Lord and be obedient to His covenant made at Horeb (Sinai), he illustrated his points with references to Israel’s past history. He reminded Israel of her rebellion against t...
Three interpretive challenges face the reader of Deuteronomy. First, is the book a singular record, or is it only a part of the larger literary whole, the Pentateuch? The remainder of the Scripture always views the Pentateuch as a unit, and the ultimate meaning of Deuteronomy cannot be divorced from its context in the Pentateuch. The book also assu...
Introduction: The Historical Setting of Moses’ Speeches (1:1–4)The First Address by Moses: A Historical Prologue (1:5–4:43)The Second Address by Moses: The Stipulations of the Sinaitic Covenant (4:44–28:68)The Third Address by Moses: Another Covenant (29:1–30:20)Apr 3, 2022 · In the Tanakh these books are considered the “Former Prophets”; modern scholars have preferred calling them the Deuteronomistic History, as they record the history of ancient Israel between the entry to the land and the exile in terms highly reminiscent of, and probably dependent on, the religious views set forth in the older D source that makes up the book of Deuteronomy.
Purpose and Background. Deuteronomy is largely a sermon, or set of sermons, preached by Moses to all of Israel shortly before his death. It is a motivational sermon, urging Israel's faithful obedience to the covenant laws given 40 years previously at Sinai (Exodus 19-40). The sermon is especially important because of Israel's earlier failure to ...
Deuteronomy frequently employs the term “the day” (hayyom), meaning “this day” or “today,” as a way of making these sermons from Moses liturgically present for every hearer/reader (for example, 4:4; 5:1, 3; 11:32). Its most impressive rhetorical occurrence is in the sevenfold repetition found in 26:16, 17, 18; 27:1, 4, 9, and 10.
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Sep 13, 2010 · The Deuteronomistic History (DH) is a modern theoretical construct holding that behind the present forms of the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings (the Former Prophets in the Hebrew canon) there was a single literary work. In the late 19th century, some scholars conceived of the DH as a loosely edited collection of works ...
