Deuteronomy in the Making: Studies in the Production of Debarim

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Deuteronomy in the Making

Studies in the Production of Debarim

Edited by: Diana Edelman , Kåre Berge , Philippe Guillaume and Benedetta Rossi

Volume 533 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110713312

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About this book

A number of long-standing theories concerning the production of Deuteronomy are currently being revisited. This volume takes a fresh look at the theory that there was an independent legal collection comprising chs 12-26 that subsequently was set within one or two narrative frames to yield the book, with ongoing redactional changes. Each contributor has been asked to focus on how the “core” might have functioned as a stand-alone document or, if exploring a theme or motif, to take note of commonalities and differences within the “core” and “frames” that might shed light on the theory under review. Some of the articles also revisit the theory of a northern origin of the “core” of the book, while others challenge de Wette’s equation of Deuteronomy with the scroll found during temple repairs under Josiah. With Deuteronomic studies in a state of flux, this is a timely collection by a group of international scholars who use a range of methods and who, in varying degrees, work with or challenge older theories about the book’s origin and growth to approach the central focus from many angles. Readers will find multivalent evidence they can reflect over to decide where they stand on the issue of Deuteronomy as a framed legal “core.”

Author / Editor information

D. Edelman, University of Oslo, K. Berge, NLA University College, P. Guillaume, University of Berne, B. Rossi, University of Birmingham.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreward Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Diana Edelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Case Studies Relating to the Production of Debarim
From Where Did Deuteronomy Originate? Philip R. Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Deuteronomy as the Instructions of Moses and Yhwh vs. a Framed Legal Code Diana Edelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Cities in Deuteronomy: Imperial Ideology, Resilience, and the Imagination of Yahwistic Religion Kåre Berge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
What Does Deuteronomy Centralize? Baruch Halpern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Innovations of the Deuteronomic Law and the History of Its Composition Bill T. Arnold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Deuteronomy’s Māqôm before Deuteronomy Philippe Guillaume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Deuteronomy and the Older Royal Narrative: Some Core Questions Graeme Auld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Part II: Case Studies on Textual Units or Themes within Debarim
Deuteronomic Law, Deuteronomic Narrative, or Exodus Narrative? The Multivalence and Multiformity of Deuteronomy 18:15–22 Megan B. Turton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
The War Laws in Deuteronomy Martijn Beukenhorst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Brothers in Deuteronomy: Zoom in on Lothar Perlitt’s Volk von Brüdern Philippe Guillaume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
“Not by Bread Alone” (Deut 8:3): Elite Struggles over Cultic Prebends and Moses’s Torah in Deuteronomy Benedetta Rossi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
The גר (Gēr) in Deuteronomy Daniel Graber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Authority, Prestige or Subversion? Jeremiah and the Law Code of Deuteronomy Benedetta Rossi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Ancient Citation Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Modern Authors Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students, and institutes of the Hebrew Bible.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 430
Illustrations
- Tables: 19
Keywords: Deuteronomy; Deuteronomic Code; textual criticism; maqom theology

eBook

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110713312

Hardcover

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110713053

Paperback

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111263540