PART I: CASE STUDIES RELATING TO THE PRODUCTION OF DEBARIM. Deuteronomy and the older Royal Narrative : some core questions / Graeme Auld -- Deuteronomy as the instructions of Moses and Yhwh vs. a framed legal code / Diana Edelman -- Cities in Deuteronomy : imperial ideology, resilience, and the imagination of Yahwistic religion / Kare Berge -- What does Deuteronomy centralize? / Baruch Halpern -- Innovations of the Deuteronomic law and the history of its composition / Bill T. Arnold -- Deuteronomy's Maqom before Deuteronomy / Philippe Guillaume -- Deuteronomy and the older Royal Narrative : some core questions / Graeme Auld -- PART II: CASE STUDIES ON TEXTUAL UNITS OR THEMES WITHIN DEBARIM. Authority, prestige or subversion? : Jeremiah and the law code of Deuteronomy / Benedetta Rossi. The war laws in Deuteronomy / Martijn Beukenhorst -- Brothers in Deuteronomy : zoom in on Lothar Perlitt's Volk von Brudern / Philippe Guillaume -- Not by bread alone (Deut 8:3) : elite struggles over cultic prebends and Moses's Torah in Deuteronomy / Benedetta Rossi -- The [Ger] (Ger) in Deuteronomy / Daniel Graber -- Authority, prestige or subversion? : Jeremiah and the law code of Deuteronomy / Benedetta Rossi.
Summary:
"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'."--Publisher's website
Series:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; volume 533
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