Interpreting Deuteronomy

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The book of Deuteronomy has been immensely influential not least within the Old Testament itself. It is found among the most frequently occurring manuscripts at Qumran and it is also one of the Old Testament books most frequently cited in the New Testament. In Matthew's Gospel it is Deuteronomy which Jesus cites in rejecting temptation.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>As with so many other Old Testament books study of Deuteronomy is in the midst of significant change. While for many scholars the Documentary Hypothesis has continued to provide a framework for interpretation it no longer commands the status of an 'assured result'. Instead fresh approaches have been developed engendering their own debates. Recent as well as older study affirms that Deuteronomy represents a distinctive theological voice within the Pentateuch.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>While many excellent resources are now available these tend to be either introductory or highly specialized; there are fewer that bridge the gap between the two. This volume contributes to that need: it assumes some foundational knowledge and guides readers through current issues and approaches. Here is evangelical scholarship that will inform stimulate and reward diligent teachers and preachers of the Old Testament.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The contributors are Paul Barker Jenny Corcoran David G. Firth Greg Goswell Christian Hofreiter Philip S. Johnston James Robson Csilla Saysell Heath Thomas Peter T. Vogt and John H. Walton.</span></p><p></p>