Full Description
The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy is a gateway to what legal traditions teach about the cultural identity and social world of the people of YHWH -- how they thought about themselves, and about their world and how they faced and resolved the challenges of daily life. More than a record of values of a by-gone era, Deuteronomy continues to inspire audiences to take on the challenges of living their values with confidence. The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy introduces readers to significant topics in the thriving conversation and the rich diversity in the academic community studying Deuteronomy. An international collection of scholars, the contributors are specialists in a variety of critical methods for understanding and appreciating legal traditions. Considering the literary development, motifs, social world, intertextuality, and reception history of Deuteronomy this Handbook offers a ready reference to anyone wishing to learn more about one of the most formative books of the Hebrew Bible.
Contents
Introduction
Don C. Benjamin (Arizona State University), Deuteronomy, the state of the question
Literary development of Deuteronomy
01. Anselm C. Hagedorn (Universität Osnabrück), The Literary History of Deuteronomy
02. Stephen C. Russell (John Jay College, City University of New York), Near Eastern Practice of Law in Deuteronomy
03. Anne K. Knafl (University of Chicago Library), Deuteronomy -- Code or Covenant?
04. Dominik Markl (University of Innsbruck and Pontifical Biblical Institute), The Decalogue in Deuteronomy
05. Laura Quick (Oxford University), Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy:
Literary Motifs of Deuteronomy
06. Matthew Lynch (Regent College, British Columbia) Monotheism and Deuteronomy
07. Michaela Geiger (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal) Space Theory and the Maqom (Sanctuary) in Deuteronomy
08. Gary P. Arbino (Gateway Seminary), Archaeology and the Ma-om Sanctuary in Deuteronomy
09. Francoise Mirguet (Arizona State University), Love and Hate in Deuteronomy
10. Pekka Pitkänen, (University of Gloucestershire), War in Deuteronomy
11. Stephen L. Cook (Virginia Theological Seminary), Moses and a Prophet like Moses in Deuteronomy
Social World of Deuteronomy
12. C. L. Crouch (Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Pretoria), Israel in Deuteronomy
13. Sandra Jacobs (King's College London England), Women in Deuteronomy
14. Joachim L. W. Schaper (University of Aberdeen), Deuteronomy and Scribes
15. Nathan MacDonald (University of Cambridge and St John's College Cambridge), Priests, Levites, and Levitical Priests in Deuteronomy
16. Mark R. Glanville (Regent College British Columbia), The
