Full Description
This inaugural volume in the series, Themes and Issues in Biblical Studies, includes 19 articles that, collectively, provide readers with informed presentations of a range of current debates concerning Deuteronomy as well as key themes and their implications. A number of long-standing hypotheses are re-examined, with alternative options proposed. E-publication of individual chapters has preceded the printing of the finalized collection in hardback and paperback versions. Issues that have been included are: the proposed influence of Esarhaddon's Succession adê on Deuteronomy 13 and 28; berît as treaty, covenant, or instructions; Deuteronomy in dialogue with ancient Near Eastern law collections; reconceived Yahwism; Torah as a tool of propaganda and hegemony adapted from Persian dāta; characteristics of the Samaritan version of Deuteronomy; the role of Deuteronomy in the Pentateuch; where and when Deuteronomy might have been written, and the influence of Deuteronomy on the final shape of the psalter. Themes that have been examined include: geographical dimensions of the book; parenting; economic dimensions of the book; ethnicity and power; pedagogy; Moses as master scribe; pragmatism, utopia and dystopia in the book; ethics; and the memory of Cisjordan as a landscape of fortified cities.
Contents
Preface vii 1.
Saying Goodbye to the Theory of the Influence of Esarhaddon's
Succession Adê on Deuteronomy 13 and 28 1 Diana V. Edelman 2. The
Role of the Oath-Bound Agreement (Be rît) in the Book of Deuteronomy
35 Diana V. Edelman 3. Deuteronomy in Dialogue with Ancient Near
Eastern Law Collections 73 Megan B. Turton 4. Geographical
Dimensions of the Book of Deuteronomy 95 Diana V. Edelman 5.
Ethnic Israel and Power in Deuteronomy 134 Kåre Berge 6. Basic
Tools to Figure Out the Economy of Deuteronomy 12-26 168 Philippe
Guillaume 7. Yhwh (Ha)'Elohim and a Reconceived Yahwism 209
Diana V. Edelman 8. Master-Scribe and Forefather of a Scribal
Guild: Moses in Deuteronomy 247 Benedetta Rossi 9. Between
Self-Legitimation and Propaganda: Torah in Deuteronomy 278 Benedetta
Rossi 10. Deuteronomy's Fearsome "Pedagogy" 305 Kåre Berge 11.
Pragmatic, Utopian and Dystopian Deuteronomy 320 Philippe Guillaume
vi Deuteronomy: Outside the Box 12. Deuteronomic Parenting 335
Philippe Guillaume 13. Deuteronomy as Utopia: New Possibilities for
Reading an Old Friend/Foe 354 Madhavi Nevader 14. The Role of
Deuteronomy in the Pentateuch 372 Richard D. Nelson 15. Deuteronomy:
The Samaritan Version 389 Sidnie White Crawford 16. Where and When
Might Deuteronomy Have Been Written? 403 Diana V. Edelman 17.
Deuteronomy's Ethics 434 Georg Braulik 18. Deuteronomy's
Influence on the Formation of the Psalter 476 Bernard Gosse 19.
Landscape in Deuteronomy: What Were the Literati Imagining and Why?
496 Ehud Ben Zvi
