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PRINCIPLES FOR GODLY LIVING: AN EXEGETICAL STUDIES OF DEUTERONOMY 6:1-13
2021 •
Victor Umaru
Principles are sets of rules or standards someone or group of people set for themselves to guide or direct them in their works and walk. Moses was aware that the time for his departure had come, summoned the people of Israelites, and reminded them of the instructions and commandments of God concerning their life and generations to come. Through the historical-critical method, the thrust of this paper is an exegesis of Deuteronomy 6:1-13, in which the paper discusses the authorship and date, historical background of Deuteronomy, the occasion of the book of Deuteronomy. Finally, some inferences are drawn from the exegetical passage and applied for life today.
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The Paradox of Deuteronomy 13: A Post-Colonial Reading
2009 •
William Morrow
A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11 (PhD diss., 2005, full download)
2005 •
Jason S DeRouchie
Exposition Paper: Deuteronomy 6:1-15
Joshua P Steele
Interpreting Deuteronomy: Issues and Approaches
2012 •
David Firth
Interpreting Deuteronomy: Issues and Approaches is the fruit of the 2011 Tyndale Fellowship Old Testament Study Group and the third in a series of books devoted to current “issues and approaches” in OT books (following Interpreting the Psalms [2005] and Interpreting Isaiah [2009]). It is not intended to serve as an introduction to the book nor to engage with “scholarly minutiae,” but rather to “bridge the gap” between the two (p.14). This collection of essays thus assumes a basic knowledge of Deuteronomy and Deuteronomy scholarship and draws the reader deeper into the themes and issues found in this theologically rich book.
GRAMATICAL-TEXTUAL CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE LEVIRATE TEXT OF DEUTERONOMY IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT
Olugbemiro Berekiah
Quite some work has been done on the Levirate Text of Deuteronomy (Deut.25:5-10). However these have focused more on its ancient Near Eastern context with emphasis on its patriarchal outlook; to the neglect of its correlates in African cultures, and the significance of its peculiar grammar and important text-critical issues within the text. This study therefore employs the grammatical critical and textual critical methods to reexamine Deut.25:5-10, while contextual hermeneutics is engaged with a view to bring out in bold relief, the peculiar nuance of meaning implied in the peculiar usage of the phrase ֶָיה ל ָ ﬠ ֹא ָב י in the Leningrad Codex instead of the standard grammatical form ָב י ֹ ֶָיה ל ֵא א employed by the Samaritan Pentateuch, and how the two variant readings correlates with the practice of levirate marriage in indigenous Yoruba culture of South Western Nigeria. This paper argues that the peculiar phrase ֶָיה ל ָ ﬠ ֹא ָב י in the Leningrad codex, read with the African cultural experience, was a deliberate literary device intended to draw attention to the fact that the intrinsic value of the practice of levirate marriage in ancient Israel is to provide social security for the widow, with the resultant effect of perpetuating the lineage of the deceased. INTRODUCTION The Levirate Text of Deuteronomy (Deut.25:5-10) is the only biblical text that gives detailed legislations with regards to the practice of levirate marriage in ancient Israel. Majority of work done so far on this periscope have focused more on its ancient Near Eastern context 1 with emphasis on its patriarchal outlook. This has led scholars to a consensus that the primary aim for the practice of levirate marriage was merely to perpetuate the deceased brother's name, and keep the property inherited within the bounds of the patrilineal lineage 2. Since the majority of scholars who worked on the text have been people of European cultural background, the significant correlates between the Levirate Text and the African indigenous practice of levirate marriage has
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A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11 (2007 excerpt)
2007 •
Jason S DeRouchie
Targeted toward the exegete, A CALL TO COVENANT LOVE offers a clear method for establishing flow of thought, text hierarchy, and literary macrostructure in biblical Hebrew prose. The study contributes both to hermeneutical theory and to the study of Deuteronomy by arguing for the application of discourse linguistics alongside stylistic and semantic analysis in the interpretation of OT texts. It is distinct from most other textlinguistic studies in its attention to reported direct speech and in its inclusion of a brief literary-structural and theological commentary on Deuteronomy 5–11 that models the text grammatical approach and shows its benefits for exegesis. The study's first goal is to clarify the formal elements of biblical Hebrew that operate above the sentence level and that help guide the understanding of text structure. Through rigorous analysis of the formal features, semantic meaning, and discourse function of every clause in Deuteronomy 5–11, this study lucidly evaluates and articulates how biblical Hebrew marks and/or tracks logic and flow of thought, foregrounding, participant reference, and various discourse signals. As the book s main title suggests, in this study discourse grammar is a servant to exegesis. Through numerous examples and commentary, the study demonstrates that the biblical text is both coherent in its discussion and cohesive in its organization. Furthermore, A CALL TO COVENANT LOVE clearly and passionately articulates the lasting message of one of the OT Scripture's most foundational sections, extending the original call to life-encompassing, Godward surrender into the present age.
Introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy
Sung Jin Park
Vetus Testamentum
Teaching Children in the Instruction of Amenemope and Deuteronomy
2015 •
Mark A. Awabdy
The Instruction of Amenemope and the book of Deuteronomy share a common conviction about the nature and intent of parental teaching. This commonality is marked by basic lexical analogues, as well as three conceptual analogues from the broader contexts of the two compositions. Consequently, this study provides further evidence for the claim that Deuteronomy evinces wisdom influence.
A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE DEUTERONOMIC REFORM IN ISRAEL: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE IN NIGERIA In Biblical Studies and Social Transformation in Africa
Olugbemiro Berekiah
This paper employs a narrative-critical reading of the narrative of the deuteronomic reform, (2Kings.22:1-23:32) against the backdrop of deuteronomistic history, to suggest that the failure of this reform to foster a lasting social change is inherent in a lope-sided perception of the covenant principle. The people focused on the legal and cultic aspects of the covenant to the neglect of the very essence of it, which is the moral imperative. Hence the attendant social reform was political and religious, but morally weak. This position is strengthened by prophetic appraisal of the reform, which the study highlights by employing redaction critical observations. The paradigm uncovered in the study is then applied to the Nigerian situation in which religious morality is fast giving way under the pressure of political, economic and legislative reform. This reveals impeding moral disaster, which may be averted by a renewed emphasis on moral instruction, and mass orientation of the citizenry through the religious institutions.
