Deuteronomy

<p> <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This inaugural volume in the series </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Themes and Issues in Biblical Studies</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> 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. Issues that have been included are: the proposed influence of Esarhaddon's Succession ad�� on Deuteronomy 13 and 28; ber��t 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 d��ta; 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.</span></p>