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The Documentary Hypothesis
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The Deuteronomist Source
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- The traditional identification of the Deuteronomistic history begins in the Torah with the Book of Deuteronomy and continues into the Nevi'im (Prophets) with the Books of Joshua, Judges, 1–2 Samuel and 1–2 Kings. The Book of Deuteronomy (which means, in Greek, "second law"), covers Moses' final "testament" to his people at the end of the forty years in the wilderness, as they, but not he, prepare to enter the promised land. He reiterates the Sinai covenant, and then dies at the end of the book. The subsequent books of the history then tell the story of the people in the promised land, from the conquest of the Canaanites to the rise of judges and then kings, to the divided monarchy and the subsequent fall of both the north (722 BCE) and south (587 BCE).1
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- Joseph (and his brothers):
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Exodus |
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- Moses Confronts Pharaoh, Plagues:
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Numbers |
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- Negotiation with the King of Edom:
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20:14-21 (editing earlier J & E material?)
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- Passage through Transjordan:
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Deuteronomy |
- [Entire book, except a few Priestly additions]:
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1:1-2, 4-46
2:1–32:47
22:1-29
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- Typical Passages2
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- Themes & Identifying Traits4
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- Historical Context
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- The Deuteronomist source is traditionally associated with the reunited monarchy of King Josiah, thus roughly 622–587 BCE.5
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- Later Echoes6
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- The following passages were not written by the Deuteronomists, but reconstruct the earlier Deuteronomistic themes in new contexts. Can you identify the original Dtr theme, and analyze how it is repurposed in the new situation? Click on the image of the ancient key to see an explanation.
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- Sources
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- Blenkinsopp, Joseph. "Deuteronomy." In The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990) 94-109.
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- L'Heureux, Conrad E. "Numbers." In NJBC, 80-93.
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- Metzger, Bruce M. et al., eds. The Holy Bible (NRSV). Washington, D.C.: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, 1989. Online, http://biblia.com/books/nrsv/, accessed 29 November 2016.
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- Wolff, Hans Walter. "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," trans. Frederick C. Prussner. In The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions (Walter Brueggemann and Hans Walter Wolff, 2d ed.; Atlanta: John Knox, 1982; original, 1975) 83-100.
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- 1 The summary of the contents of the Deuteronomist source is from Hans Walter Wolff, "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," trans. Frederick C. Prussner, in The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions (Walter Brueggemann and Hans Walter Wolff, 2d ed.; Atlanta: John Knox, 1982; original, 1975) x. The subsequent chart of the contents of the Deuteronomist source has been compiled from the following essays: Conrad E. L'Heureux, "Numbers," and Joseph Blenkinsopp, "Deuteronomy,"in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990) 80-109.
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- 2 The passages are discussed by Wolff, "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," x.
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- 3 Bruce M. Metzger et al., eds., The Holy Bible (NRSV) (Washington, D.C.: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, 1989), online, http://biblia.com/books/nrsv/Ge12.1, accessed 29 November 2016.
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- 4 The themes are summarized from Wolff, "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," 83-100, 157-9, and from Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine, The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (New York: HarperCollins, 2011) 70-71.
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- 5 Wolff, "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," x.
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- 6 Wolff, "The Kerygma of the Deuteronomic Historical Work," x.
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