Deuteronomy in the Making: Studies in the Production of Debarim (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Alttestamentliche Wissensch)

"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'."-- Fourni par l'éditeur "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 Foreward 7 Contents 9 Introduction 11 Part I: Case Studies Relating to the Production of Debarim 23 From Where Did Deuteronomy Originate? 23 Deuteronomy as the Instructions of Moses and Yhwh vs. a Framed Legal Code 35 Cities in Deuteronomy: Imperial Ideology, Resilience, and the Imagination of Yahwistic Religion 87 What Does Deuteronomy Centralize? 107 Innovations of the Deuteronomic Law and the History of Its Composition 173 Deuteronomy’s Māqôm before Deuteronomy 205 Deuteronomy and the Older Royal Narrative: Some Core Questions 229 Part II: Case Studies on Textual Units or Themes within Debarim 253 Deuteronomic Law, Deuteronomic Narrative, or Exodus Narrative? The Multivalence and Multiformity of Deuteronomy 18:15–22 253 The War Laws in Deuteronomy 281 Brothers in Deuteronomy: Zoom in on Lothar Perlitt’s Volk von Brüdern 299 “Not by Bread Alone” (Deut 8:3): Elite Struggles over Cultic Prebends and Moses’s Torah in Deuteronomy 339 The גר (Gēr) in Deuteronomy 375 Authority, Prestige or Subversion? Jeremiah and the Law Code of Deuteronomy 393 Ancient Citation Index 421 Subject Index 431 Modern Authors Index 435