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1 Deuteronomy McMaster Divinity College Fall 2016 Course Designation OT 3XD3 Specializations Biblical Studies Pastoral Studies Doctor of Practical Theology students who wish to apply for this course as an Advanced Elective for their degree program must consult with the Program Director of the DPT and the course instructor in order to develop an Advanced Elective approach to the course that fulfills the specific elements required by the DPT program. Once the elements of the Advanced Elective have been agreed upon by the student, the Program Director, and the instructor, a formal application can be made for an Advanced Elective in connection with this course. Once the application is accepted, DPT students can proceed with the course as part of their degree program. August H. Konkel (Ph.D.), Professor of Old Testament [email protected]; 905 525 9140 x 23505 mcmasterdivinity.ca/faculty/core/august-h-konkel

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Deuteronomy McMasterDivinityCollege

Fall2016CourseDesignationOT3XD3Specializations

BiblicalStudiesPastoralStudies

DoctorofPracticalTheologystudentswhowishtoapplyforthiscourseasanAdvancedElectivefortheirdegreeprogrammustconsultwiththeProgramDirectoroftheDPTandthecourseinstructorinordertodevelopanAdvancedElectiveapproachtothecoursethatfulfillsthespecificelementsrequiredbytheDPTprogram.OncetheelementsoftheAdvancedElectivehavebeenagreeduponbythestudent,theProgramDirector,andtheinstructor,aformalapplicationcanbemadeforanAdvancedElectiveinconnectionwiththiscourse.Oncetheapplicationisaccepted,DPTstudentscanproceedwiththecourseaspartoftheirdegreeprogram.

AugustH.Konkel(Ph.D.),[email protected];9055259140x23505

mcmasterdivinity.ca/faculty/core/august-h-konkel

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CourseScheduleTime:Tuesdays,7:00–9:00PMCoursebeginsTuesdaySept.13ReadingWeekOctober11FinalWeekTuesdayDecember13CourseDescriptionThebookofDeuteronomyisacovenantrenewalforthenationabouttoenterthePromisedLand.Itsharestheformofancientcovenants,particularlyHittitetreatiesofthesecondmillennium.ItsemphasisistoloveandfearGod,thequalitiesrequiredofcovenantloyalty.Loyaltytothecovenantismanifestinbothhumananddivinerelationshipsspecifiedinthecovenantstipulations.TherequirementsofDeuteronomybecomethemeasurebywhichthekingsofIsraelareevaluated.ThiscoursewillexaminealltheseaspectsoftheconclusionoftheTorah.CourseObjectivesKnowing

• ThecontentofthebookofDeuteronomy• FormcriticalanalysisofDeuteronomy• FunctionofDeuteronomyintheOldTestament• TheologyofDeuteronomy

Being

• CometoloveandfearYahwehasinstructedbyDeuteronomy• HonoringGodasonethatbelongstoakingdomofpriests• ValuinghomeandpersonalrelationsaccordingtoDeuteronomisticstandards

Doing

• PracticingtheworshipofGodtaughtinDeuteronomy• LivingthecovenantcommitmenttoGod,family,andcommunityastaughtinDeuteronomy• LivingthevaluesexpressedinthetenwordsandtheirexpositioninDeuteronomy

CourseTextsDanielI.Block,TheGospelAccordingtoMoses:TheologicalandEthicalReflectionsontheBookofDeuteronomy,Cascade,2012.BiblicalStudiesRichardD.Nelson,Deuteronomy.OTL.Louisville:WestminsterJohnKnox,2002.

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PastoralStudiesDanielIBlock,Deuteronomy,NIVApplicationCommentary,GrandRapids:Zondervan,2012.

TextbookPurchase

AllrequiredtextbooksforthisclassareavailablefromtheCollege’sbookservice,READOnBookstore,Room145,McMasterDivinityCollege.Textsmaybepurchasedonthefirstdayofclass.Foradvancepurchase,youmaycontactREADOnBookstore,5InternationalBlvd,Etobicoke,OntarioM9W6H3:phone416.620.2934;fax416.622.2308;emailbooks@readon.ca.Otherbookservicesmayalsocarrythetexts.CourseLecturesOneofthetwocommentariesshouldbereadinpreparationfortheassignedpassagesofeachlecture.1 DeuteronomisticHistory2 JourneytotheLandofMoab(1:1–4:43)3 TheWordsofMountSinai(4:44–6:25)4 LearningtoLoveandFeartheLord(7:1–10:22)5 CovenantOathandFidelity(11:1–31;26:1–28:69)6 WorshipinthePromisedLand(12:1–16:17)7 CivilLifeinthePromisedLand(16:18–21:9)8 DomesticLifeinthePromisedLand(21:10–25:19)9 CovenantLoyaltyandRenewal(29:1–31:30)10 PoemofMoses(32:1–52)11 FarewellBlessingandDeathofMoses(33:1–34:12)12 DeuteronomyandCanonCourseRequirements1 CompositionandFunctionofDeuteronomy(20%;dueOct.4th)1.1 RequiredReading DanielI.Block,“RecoveringtheVoiceofMoses:TheGenesisofDeuteronomy,”JETS44(2001)385–408. Martin Noth. The Deuteronomistic History. JSOTSup 15, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1981, pp. 1–35. 1.2 WrittenRequirementUsingtheabovereadingsandothersofyourchoice,discusstherelationshipofDeuteronomytowhatiscalledtheDeuteronomisticHistory.ProvideyourownviewofthecompositionofthebookofDeuteronomy.Thisisnotaresearchpaper,butshouldcoverthebasicissuesinabout1500words.2 FormandStructureofDeuteronomy(20%;dueOct.25th)2.1 RequiredReading

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MosheWeinfeld,“TreatyFormandPhraseology—AffinitieswiththeAncientNear-EasternTreatyFormulae,”pages59–116inDeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomicSchool.DanielI.Block,chapters1–3inTheGospelAccordingtoMoses.2.2 WrittenRequirementSincethetimeofMendenhallithasbeenrecognizedthatthecompositionofDeuteronomyisaculturalproductofitstimeintheuseofformandphraseologyofancientneareasterntreaties.Usingtheabovereadingsandothersofyourchoice,describethesimilaritiesofDeuteronomytoancienttreaties.ProvideyourownviewofthestructureofDeuteronomyandhowitdevelopsthetheologyofthebook.Thisisnotaresearchpaper,butshouldshowhowDeuteronomycommunicatesitsmessageinabout1500words.3 TheologyofDeuteronomy(30%;dueNov.22nd)Chooseatopicfromchapters4–9oftheGospelAccordingtoMoses.ResearchthetopicofyourchoicewithparticularattentiontohowthetextofDeuteronomysupportsyourconclusions.Thispapershouldbeabout2500wordsandmustincludeaminimumof15bibliographicitems.4 ReflectionsonDeuteronomy(30%;dueDec.13th)BiblicalStudiesProvideareviewofapproximately5pagesevaluatingthecommentarybyNelson.ExplainhowthiscommentaryhelpsyouunderstandthetextofDeuteronomy,anddiscussthelimitsofwhatitdoesnotcoverinissuesofDeuteronomy.InapproximatelyfivepagesdiscusstheoutcomesyouareseekingfromaBiblecourseinaBiblicalStudiesmajor.Explainhowyourworkinthiscoursecontributedtothoseoutcomes.IndicatewhatyoufurtherhopetodoinyourownstudiesinDeuteronomyanditsroleinthecanon.PastoralStudiesInaboutfivepagesreviewthecommentarybyBlockasatoolforpastoralwork.Explaininwhatwaysitcouldbeusedbyapastorfortheology,sermons,andunderstandingoftheScriptures.Defenditsstrengthsanddiscusssomeofitslimitations.DevelopinoutlineaseriesofstudiesorsermonsfromthebookofDeuteronomy.Thisshouldbeaminimumoffiveinnumber,butisnotexpectedtocoverthewholebookofDeuteronomy.Theseriesshouldhavecohesion,provideagoodgraspofthemessageofDeuteronomyforacongregationorstudygroup,andindicatetheoutcomesintendedforfaithandlife.

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CoursePoliciesAcademicHonestyAcademicdishonestyisaseriousoffencethatmaytakeanynumberofforms,includingplagiarism,thesubmissionofworkthatisnotone’sownorforwhichpreviouscredithasbeenobtained,and/orunauthorizedcollaborationwithotherstudents.Academicdishonestycanresultinsevereconsequences,e.g.,failureoftheassignment,failureofthecourse,anotationonone’sacademictranscript,and/orsuspensionorexpulsionfromtheCollege.Studentsareresponsibleforunderstandingwhatconstitutesacademicdishonesty.PleaserefertotheDivinityCollegeStatementonAcademicHonesty:http://www.mcmasterdivinity.ca/programs/rules-regulations.

GenderInclusiveLanguageMcMasterDivinityCollegeusesinclusivelanguageforhumanbeingsinworshipservices,studentwrittenmaterials,andallofitspublications.Inreferencetobiblicaltexts,theintegrityoftheoriginalexpressionsandthenamesofGodshouldberespected.TheNRSVandTNIVareexamplesoftheuseofinclusivelanguageforhumanbeings.ItisexpectedthatinclusivelanguagewillbeusedinchapelservicesandallMDCassignments.

StyleAllstylisticconsiderations(includingbutnotlimitedtoquestionsofformatting,footnotes,andbibliographicreferences)mustconformtotheMcMasterDivinityCollegeStyleGuidelinesforEssaysandTheses:http://www.mcmasterdivinity.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mdcstyleguide.pdf.Failuretoobserveappropriateformwillresultingradereductions.

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BibliographyTextMcCarthy,Carmel,ed.Deuteronomy.BiblicalHebraicaQuinta5.Stuttgart:DeutscheBibelgesellschaft,

2007.Wevers,JohnW.NotesontheGreekTextofDeuteronomy.SeptuagintandCognateStudies39.Atlanta:

Scholars,1995.CommentariesBiddle,MarkE.Deuteronomy.Smyth&HelwysBibleCommentary.Macon,GA:Smyth&Helwys,2003.Block,DanielI.Deuteronomy.NIVApplicationCommentary.GrandRapids:Zondervan,2012.Brueggemann,Walter.Deuteronomy.AbingdonOldTestamentCommentaries.Nashville:Abingdon,

2001.Christensen,DuaneL.Deuteronomy1:1–21:9.Rev.ed.WBC6A.Nashville,TN:Nelson,2001._________________.Deuteronomy21:10–34:12.WBC6B.Nashville,TN:Nelson,2003.Craigie,Peter.C.TheBookofDeuteronomy.NICOT.GrandRapids:Eerdmans,1976.Driver,S.R.ACriticalandExegeticalCommentaryonDeuteronomy.3ded.ICC.Edinburgh:T.&T.Clark,

1895.Mays,A.D.H.Deuteronomy.NCB.GrandRapids:Eerdmans,1981.Miller,P.D.Deuteronomy.Interpretation.Louisville,KY:JohnKnox,1990.Nelson,RichardD.Deuteronomy.OTL.Louisville:WestminsterJohnKnox,2002.Rad,Gerhardvon.Deuteronomy:ACommentary.OTL.Philadelphia:TheWestminsterPress,1966.Tigay,JeffreyH.Deuteronomy:TheJPSTorahCommentary.Philadelphia:TheJewishPublicationSociety,

1996.Thompson,J.A.Deuteronomy:AnIntroductionandCommentary.TOTC.Downer’sGrove,IL:InterVarsity

Press,1974.Weinfeld,Moshe.Deuteronomy1–11:ANewTranslationwithIntroductionandCommentary.AB5.New

York:Doubleday,1991.Wright,ChristopherJ.H.Deuteronomy.NewInternationalBiblicalCommentary.Peabody,MA:

Hendrikson,1996.

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AncientNearEasternBackgroundGreenberg,Moshe.“SomePostulatesofBiblicalCriminalLaw.”Pages18–37inTheJewishExpression.

EditedbyJudahGoldin.NewHavenandLondon:YaleUniversityPress,1976.Jirku,Anton.“Rapa’u,derFürstderRapa’uma-rephaim.”ZAW77(1965)82–83.Margulis,B.“AUgariticPsalm(RŠ24.252).”JBL89(1970)292–304.McCarthy,D.J.TreatyandCovenant:AStudyinFormintheAncientOrientalDocumentandintheOld

Testament.Rev.ed.Analectabiblica21A,1978.Mendenhall,G.“CovenantFormsinIsraeliteTradition.”BA25:66–87.Speiser,E.A.“TheBiblicalIdeaofHistoryinItsCommonNearEasternSetting.”Pages1–17inTheJewish

Expression.EditedbyJudahGoldin.NewHavenandLondon:YaleUniversityPress,1976.DeuteronomisticHistoryKnoppers,Gary.“RethinkingtheRelationshipbetweenDeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomisticHistory.”

CBQ63(2002)393–415.Nelson,RichardD.TheDoubleRedactionoftheDeuteronomisticHistory,JSOTSup18.Sheffield:JSOT,

1981Nicholson,E.W.DeuteronomyandTradition:LiteraryandHistoricalProblemsintheBookof

Deuteronomy.Philadelphia:Fortress,1967.Noth,Martin.TheDeuteronomisticHistory.JSOTSup15.Sheffield:JSOTPress,1981.Weinfeld,Moshe.DeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomicSchool.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress, TheologyofDeuteronomyBlenkinsopp,Joseph.TreasuresOldandNew:EssaysintheTheologyofthePentateuch.GrandRapids:

Eerdmans,2004.Block,DanielI.“’YouShallNotCovetYourNeighbor’sWife’:AStudyinDeuteronomicDomestic

Ideology.”JETS53(2010)449–474.____________.HowILoveYourTorah,OLORD!:StudiesintheBookofDeuteronomy.Eugene,OR:

Cascade,2011.____________.“’APlaceformyName’:HorebandZionintheMosaicVisionofIsraeliteWorship.”JETS

58(2015)221–248.

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Frankfort,H.KingshipandtheGods.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1948.Knoppers,Gary.“TheDeuteronomistandtheDeuteronomicLawoftheKing:ARe-examinationofa

Relationship.”ZAW108(1996)329–46.Millar,J.G.NowChooseLife.GrandRapids:Eerdmans,1998.Rad,Gerhardvon.StudiesinDeuteronomy.StudiesinBiblicalTheology9.London:SCMPressLtd.1953.Wright,ChristopherJ.H.OldTestamentEthicsforthePeopleofGod.DownersGrove,IL:Inter-Varsity

Press,2004.

Disclaimer

Thissyllabusisthepropertyoftheinstructorandispreparedwithcurrentlyavailableinformation.Theinstructorreservestherighttomakechangesandrevisionsuptoandincludingthefirstdayofclass.

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Deuteronomy McMasterDivinityCollege

Fall2016CourseDesignationOT6XD6DoctorofPracticalTheologystudentswhowishtoapplyforthiscourseasanAdvancedElectivefortheirdegreeprogrammustconsultwiththeProgramDirectoroftheDPTandthecourseinstructorinordertodevelopanAdvancedElectiveapproachtothecoursethatfulfillsthespecificelementsrequiredbytheDPTprogram.OncetheelementsoftheAdvancedElectivehavebeenagreeduponbythestudent,theProgramDirector,andtheinstructor,aformalapplicationcanbemadeforanAdvancedElectiveinconnectionwiththiscourse.Oncetheapplicationisaccepted,DPTstudentscanproceedwiththecourseaspartoftheirdegreeprogram.

AugustH.Konkel(Ph.D.),ProfessorofOldTestament

[email protected];9055259140x23505

mcmasterdivinity.ca/faculty/core/august-h-konkel

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CourseScheduleTime:Tuesdays,7:00-9:00PMCoursebeginsTuesdaySept.13ReadingWeekOctober11FinalWeekTuesdayDecember13CourseDescriptionThebookofDeuteronomyisacovenantrenewalforthenationabouttoenterthePromisedLand.Itsharestheformofancientcovenants,particularlyHittitetreatiesofthesecondmillennium.ItsemphasisistoloveandfearGod,thequalitiesrequiredofcovenantloyalty.Loyaltytothecovenantismanifestinbothhumananddivinerelationshipsspecifiedinthecovenantstipulations.TherequirementsofDeuteronomybecomethemeasurebywhichthekingsofIsraelareevaluated.ThiscoursewillexaminealltheseaspectsoftheconclusionoftheTorah.CourseObjectivesKnowing

• ThecontentofthebookofDeuteronomy• FormcriticalanalysisofDeuteronomy• FunctionofDeuteronomyintheOldTestament• TheologyofDeuteronomy

Being

• CometoloveandfearYahwehasinstructedbyDeuteronomy• HonoringGodasonethatbelongstoakingdomofpriests• ValuinghomeandpersonalrelationsaccordingtoDeuteronomisticstandards

Doing

• PracticingtheworshipofGodtaughtinDeuteronomy• LivingthecovenantcommitmenttoGod,family,andcommunityastaughtinDeuteronomy• LivingthevaluesexpressedinthetenwordsandtheirexpositioninDeuteronomy

CourseTextsDanielI.Block,TheGospelAccordingtoMoses:TheologicalandEthicalReflectionsontheBookofDeuteronomy,Cascade,2012.RichardD.Nelson,Deuteronomy.OTL.Louisville:WestminsterJohnKnox,2002.

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TextbookPurchaseAllrequiredtextbooksforthisclassareavailablefromtheCollege’sbookservice,READOnBookstore,Room145,McMasterDivinityCollege.Textsmaybepurchasedonthefirstdayofclass.Foradvancepurchase,youmaycontactREADOnBookstore,5InternationalBlvd,Etobicoke,OntarioM9W6H3:phone416.620.2934;fax416.622.2308;[email protected].

CourseLecturesThecommentarybyNelsonshouldbereadinpreparationfortheassignedpassagesofeachlecture.1 DeuteronomisticHistory2 JourneytotheLandofMoab(1:1–4:43)3 TheWordsofMountSinai(4:44–6:25)4 LearningtoLoveandFeartheLord(7:1–10:22)5 CovenantOathandFidelity(11:1–31;26:1–28:69)6 WorshipinthePromisedLand(12:1–16:17)7 CivilLifeinthePromisedLand(16:18–21:9)8 DomesticLifeinthePromisedLand(21:10–25:19)9 CovenantLoyaltyandRenewal(29:1–31:30)10 PoemofMoses(32:1–52)11 FarewellBlessingandDeathofMoses(33:1–34:12)12 DeuteronomyandCanonCourseRequirements1 CompositionandFunctionofDeuteronomy(15%;dueOct.4th)1.1 RequiredReading DanielI.Block,“RecoveringtheVoiceofMoses:TheGenesisofDeuteronomy,”JETS44(2001)385–408. Martin Noth. The Deuteronomistic History. JSOTSup 15, Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1981, pp. 1–35. 1.2 WrittenRequirementUsingtheabovereadingsandothersofyourchoice,discusstherelationshipofDeuteronomytowhatiscalledtheDeuteronomisticHistory.ProvideyourownviewofthecompositionofthebookofDeuteronomy.Thisisnotaresearchpaper,butshouldcoverthebasicissuesinabout1500words.2 FormandStructureofDeuteronomy(15%;dueOct.25th)2.1 RequiredReading

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MosheWeinfeld,“TreatyFormandPhraseology—AffinitieswiththeAncientNear-EasternTreatyFormulae,”pages59–116inDeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomicSchool.DanielI.Block,chapters1–3inTheGospelAccordingtoMoses.2.2 WrittenRequirementSincethetimeofMendenhallithasbeenrecognizedthatthecompositionofDeuteronomyisaculturalproductofitstimeintheuseofformandphraseologyofancientneareasterntreaties.Usingtheabovereadingsandothersofyourchoice,describethesimilaritiesofDeuteronomytoancienttreaties.ProvideyourownviewofthestructureofDeuteronomyandhowitdevelopsthetheologyofthebook.Thisisnotaresearchpaper,butshouldshowhowDeuteronomycommunicatesitsmessageinabout1500words.3 TheologyofDeuteronomy(30%;dueNov.22nd)Chooseatopicfromchapters4–9oftheGospelAccordingtoMoses.ResearchthetopicofyourchoicewithparticularattentiontohowthetextofDeuteronomysupportsyourconclusions.Thispapershouldbeabout2500wordsandshoulddemonstratethoroughresearch.4 ResearchonDeuteronomy(40%;dueDec.13th)StudiesinDeuteronomyhavebeenamongthemostinfluentialinunderstandingOldTestamenthistory,canon,andtheologyoftheHebrewpeople.Thestudentwillcompileabout5000–6000pagesofreadingonatopicofchoicerelatedtothebookofDeuteronomy.Thetopicshouldbediscussedwiththeprofessorandthereadinglistapproved.Thestudentwillthencompetearesearchassignmentofabout5000wordsonthechosentopic.PossibletopicsincludetheconceptofaDeuteronomisticHistory,theformofDeuteronomyinitsancientneareasterncontext,theethicsofDeuteronomy,thetheologyofGodinDeuteronomy,oranymorespecifictopicorpassageofthestudent’schoice.CoursePoliciesAcademicHonestyAcademicdishonestyisaseriousoffencethatmaytakeanynumberofforms,includingplagiarism,thesubmissionofworkthatisnotone’sownorforwhichpreviouscredithasbeenobtained,and/orunauthorizedcollaborationwithotherstudents.Academicdishonestycanresultinsevereconsequences,e.g.,failureoftheassignment,failureofthecourse,anotationonone’sacademictranscript,and/orsuspensionorexpulsionfromtheCollege.Studentsareresponsibleforunderstandingwhatconstitutesacademicdishonesty.PleaserefertotheDivinityCollegeStatementonAcademicHonesty:http://www.mcmasterdivinity.ca/programs/rules-regulations.GenderInclusiveLanguage

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McMasterDivinityCollegeusesinclusivelanguageforhumanbeingsinworshipservices,studentwrittenmaterials,andallofitspublications.Inreferencetobiblicaltexts,theintegrityoftheoriginalexpressionsandthenamesofGodshouldberespected.TheNRSVandTNIVareexamplesoftheuseofinclusivelanguageforhumanbeings.ItisexpectedthatinclusivelanguagewillbeusedinchapelservicesandallMDCassignments.

StyleAllstylisticconsiderations(includingbutnotlimitedtoquestionsofformatting,footnotes,andbibliographicreferences)mustconformtotheMcMasterDivinityCollegeStyleGuidelinesforEssaysandTheses:http://www.mcmasterdivinity.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mdcstyleguide.pdf.Failuretoobserveappropriateformwillresultingradereductions.

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Bibliography

TextMcCarthy,Carmel,ed.Deuteronomy.BiblicalHebraicaQuinta5.Stuttgart:DeutscheBibelgesellschaft,

2007.Wevers,JohnW.NotesontheGreekTextofDeuteronomy.SeptuagintandCognateStudies39.Atlanta:

Scholars,1995.CommentariesBiddle,MarkE.Deuteronomy.Smyth&HelwysBibleCommentary.Macon,GA:Smyth&Helwys,2003.Block,DanielI.Deuteronomy.NIVApplicationCommentary.GrandRapids:Zondervan,2012.Brueggemann,Walter.Deuteronomy.AbingdonOldTestamentCommentaries.Nashville:Abingdon,

2001.Christensen,DuaneL.Deuteronomy1:1–21:9.Rev.ed.WBC6A.Nashville,TN:Nelson,2001._________________.Deuteronomy21:10–34:12.WBC6B.Nashville,TN:Nelson,2003.Craigie,Peter.C.TheBookofDeuteronomy.NICOT.GrandRapids:Eerdmans,1976.Driver,S.R.ACriticalandExegeticalCommentaryonDeuteronomy.3ded.ICC.Edinburgh:T.&T.Clark,

1895.Mays,A.D.H.Deuteronomy.NCB.GrandRapids:Eerdmans,1981.Miller,P.D.Deuteronomy.Interpretation.Louisville,KY:JohnKnox,1990.Nelson,RichardD.Deuteronomy.OTL.Louisville:WestminsterJohnKnox,2002.Rad,Gerhardvon.Deuteronomy:ACommentary.OTL.Philadelphia:TheWestminsterPress,1966.Tigay,JeffreyH.Deuteronomy:TheJPSTorahCommentary.Philadelphia:TheJewishPublicationSociety,

1996.Thompson,J.A.Deuteronomy:AnIntroductionandCommentary.TOTC.Downer’sGrove,IL:InterVarsity

Press,1974.Weinfeld,Moshe.Deuteronomy1–11:ANewTranslationwithIntroductionandCommentary.AB5.New

York:Doubleday,1991.

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Wright,ChristopherJ.H.Deuteronomy.NewInternationalBiblicalCommentary.Peabody,MA:Hendrikson,1996.

AncientNearEasternBackgroundGreenberg,Moshe.“SomePostulatesofBiblicalCriminalLaw.”Pages18–37inTheJewishExpression.

EditedbyJudahGoldin.NewHavenandLondon:YaleUniversityPress,1976.Jirku,Anton.“Rapa’u,derFürstderRapa’uma-rephaim.”ZAW77(1965)82–83.Margulis,B.“AUgariticPsalm(RŠ24.252).”JBL89(1970)292–304.McCarthy,D.J.TreatyandCovenant:AStudyinFormintheAncientOrientalDocumentandintheOld

Testament.Rev.ed.Analectabiblica21A,1978.Mendenhall,G.“CovenantFormsinIsraeliteTradition.”BA25:66–87.Speiser,E.A.“TheBiblicalIdeaofHistoryinItsCommonNearEasternSetting.”Pages1–17inTheJewish

Expression.EditedbyJudahGoldin.NewHavenandLondon:YaleUniversityPress,1976.DeuteronomisticHistoryKnoppers,Gary.“RethinkingtheRelationshipbetweenDeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomisticHistory.”

CBQ63(2002)393–415.Nelson,RichardD.TheDoubleRedactionoftheDeuteronomisticHistory,JSOTSup18.Sheffield:JSOT,

1981Nicholson,E.W.DeuteronomyandTradition:LiteraryandHistoricalProblemsintheBookof

Deuteronomy.Philadelphia:Fortress,1967.Noth,Martin.TheDeuteronomisticHistory.JSOTSup15.Sheffield:JSOTPress,1981.Weinfeld,Moshe.DeuteronomyandtheDeuteronomicSchool.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress, TheologyofDeuteronomyBlenkinsopp,Joseph.TreasuresOldandNew:EssaysintheTheologyofthePentateuch.GrandRapids:

Eerdmans,2004.Block,DanielI.“’YouShallNotCovetYourNeighbor’sWife’:AStudyinDeuteronomicDomestic

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