Deuteronomy

by Nelson, Richard D.

• ISBN13: 9780664219529
• ISBN10: 0664219527
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Richard D. Nelson is the W. J. A. Power Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Bibliography	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
COMMENTARY
March Forth	13	(8)
A Failed Invasion	21	(10)
Through Edom and Moab	31	(11)
Defeating the Two Kings of the Amorites	42	(7)
Reaching Beth-peor: Allotment and Appeal	49	(8)
Exhortation to Obedience	57	(14)
The Setting for Lawgiving	71	(2)
The Covenant at Horeb	73	(12)
Keep the Law Diligently	85	(9)
Israel As a Countercultural Society	94	(11)
Remember Yahweh's Saving Deeds	105	(10)
Complacency, Rebellion, Intercession, and Pardon	115	(14)
Incentives for Obedience	129	(13)
Centralization and Fidelity	142	(20)
Eradicate Treason against Yahweh	162	(12)
Act As Yahweh's Holy People	174	(8)
Set Apart a Tenth	182	(5)
Every Seventh Year	187	(14)
Festival Calendar	201	(9)
Constitutional Proposals	210	(16)
Constitutional Proposals Continued	226	(10)
Fairness in the Practice of Justice	236	(7)
When You Go to War	243	(9)
In the Land Yahweh Is Going to Give You	252	(10)
Property Laws and Family Laws	262	(12)
Ritual and Social Boundaries	274	(9)
Marriage and Community Welfare	283	(10)
Personal and Social Integrity	293	(10)
Firstfruits and Tithes	303	(9)
A Ceremony of Commitment at Shechem	312	(9)
Blessings and Curses	321	(12)
The Covenant Made in Moab	333	(11)
I Set Before You Life and Death	344	(7)
Final Words from Moses and Yahweh	351	(11)
The Song of Moses	362	(17)
Excursus: The Text of Deuteronomy 32:43	379	(1)
The Blessing of Moses	380	(13)
The Death of Moses	393	(6)
Index of Ancient Sources	399	(22)
Index of Modern Authors	421