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Select Bibliography on Deuteronomy

Readers who wish to pursue the study of Deuteronomy in greater depth may find these works helpful. Fuller bibliographic information is provided by Christensen (below).

Bergey, R. “The Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1–43) and Isaianic Prophecies: A Case of Early Intertextuality?” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 28 (2003): 33–54.

Biddle, Mark E. Deuteronomy. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2003.

Block, Daniel I. The Gospel According to Moses: Theological and Ethical Reflection on the Book of Deuteronomy. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2012.

———. How I Love Your Torah, O LORD! Studies in the Book of Deuteronomy. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011.

———. The Gods of the Nations: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern National Theology. Revised edition. Evangelical Theological Society Monographs. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.

———. Judges and Ruth. New American Commentary 6. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1999.

———. “Marriage and Family in Ancient Israel.” Pages 33–102 in Marriage and Family in the Biblical World. Edited by K. Campbell. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003.

———. “My Servant David: Ancient Israel’s Vision of the Messiah.” Pages 17–56 in Israel’s Messiah in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Richard. S. Hess and M. Daniel Carroll R. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.

Braulik, Georg. The Theology of Deuteronomy: Collected Essays of Georg Braulik, O.S.B. Translated by U. Lindblad. Bibal Collected Essays 2. N. Richmond Hills, TX: Bibal, 1994.

———. “Law as Gospel: Justification and Pardon according to the Deuteronomic Torah.” Interpretation 38 (1984): 5–14.

Brown, Raymond. The Message of Deuteronomy. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993.

Brueggemann, Walter. Deuteronomy. Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001.

Calvin, John. Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses. Translated by Charles William Bingham. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1950.

Christensen, Duane L. Deuteronomy 1:1–21:9. Revised edition. Word Biblical Commentary 6A. Nashville, TN: Nelson, 2001.

———. Deuteronomy 21:10–34:12. Word Biblical Commentary 6B. Nashville, TN: Nelson, 2002.

———, ed. A Song of Power and the Power of Song: Essays on the Book of Deuteronomy. Studies in Biblical Theology 3. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1993.

Clarke, Ernest G. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Deuteronomy. Aramaic Bible 5B. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1998.

Craigie, Peter C. The Book of Deuteronomy. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.

Crüsemann, F. The Torah: Theology and Social History of Old Testament Law. Translated by A. W. Mahnke. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

DeRouchie, Jason S. A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11. Gorgias Dissertations 30. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2007.

Driver, S. R. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Deuteronomy. International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1902.

Falk, Ze’ev W. Hebrew Law in Biblical Times. 2nd edition. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2001.

Firmage, E. B., et al., eds. Religion and Law: Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990.

Fishbane, M. Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Clarendon, 1985.

Harrelson, W. The Ten Commandments and Human Rights. Revised edition. Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 1997.

Hugenberger, Gordon. Marriage as a Covenant: Biblical Law and Ethics as Developed from Malachi. Biblical Studies Library. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1998.

Hwang, Jerry. “The Rhetoric of Remembrance: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation into the ‘Fathers’ in Deuteronomy.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Wheaton College, 2009.

Kaufman, Stephen. “The Structure of the Deuteronomic Law.” Maarav 1 (1979): 105–58.

King, P. J., and L. E. Stager. Life in Biblical Israel. Library of Ancient Israel. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Kitchen, Kenneth A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.

Knoppers, Gary. “Rethinking the Relationship between Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2002): 393–415.

———. “The Deuteronomist and the Deuteronomic Law of the King: A Re-examination of a Relationship.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 108 (1996): 329–46.

Levinson, Bernard M. Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

———. “The Right Chorale”: Studies in Biblical Law and Interpretation. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

Lienhard, S. J. Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old Testament 3. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

MacDonald, Nathan. Deuteronomy and the Meaning of “Monotheism.” Forschung zum Alten Testament 2/1. Tübingen: Mohr (Siebeck), 2003.

Mayes, A. D. H. Deuteronomy. New Century Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.

McBride, S. Dean, Jr. “Polity of the People of God: The Book of Deuteronomy.” Interpretation 41 (1987): 229–44.

McCarthy, Carmel, ed. Deuteronomy. Biblia Hebraica Quinta 5. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.

McConville, J. G. Deuteronomy. Apollos Old Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002.

———. Grace in the End: A Study in Deuteronomic Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.

———. Law and Theology in Deuteronomy. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1984.

McConville, J. Gordon, and J. G. Millar. Time and Place in Deuteronomy. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 179. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1984.

Merrill, Eugene H. Deuteronomy. New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1994.

Millar, J. G. Now Choose Life. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Miller, P. D. Deuteronomy. Interpretation. Louisville, KY: John Knox, 1990.

———. “Deuteronomy and the Psalms: Evoking a Biblical Conversation.” Journal of Biblical Literature 118 (1999): 3–18.

———. “ ‘Moses My Servant’: The Deuteronomic Portrait of Moses.” Interpretation 41 (1987): 245–55.

———. The Ten Commandments. Interpretation. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2009.

Nelson, R. Deuteronomy. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002.

Nicholson, E. W. Deuteronomy and Tradition: Literary and Historical Problems in the Book of Deuteronomy. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967.

Olsen, Dennis T. Deuteronomy and the Death of Moses: A Theological Reading. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.

Otto, Eckart. Das Deuteronomium. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 284. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1999.

Patrick, Dale. Old Testament Law. Atlanta: John Knox, 1985.

Phillips, Anthony. Ancient Israel’s Criminal Law: A New Approach to the Decalogue. Oxford: Blackwood; New York: Schocken, 1970.

Polzin, R. Moses and the Deuteronomist: A Literary Study of the Deuteronomistic History. New York: Seabury, 1980.

Pressler, Carolyn. The View of Women Found in the Deuteronomic Family Laws. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 216. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1993.

Rad, G. von. Deuteronomy: A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1966.

———. The Problem of the Hexateuch and Other Studies. London: SCM, 1966.

———. Studies in Deuteronomy. Studies in Biblical Theology 9. London: SCM, 1953.

Richter, Sandra. The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology: lešakkēn šemô šâm in the Bible and the Ancient Near East. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 318. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2002.

Roth, Martha. T. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. 2nd ed. Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World 6. Atlanta: Scholars, 1997.

Sohn, Seock-Tae. The Divine Election of Israel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Sonnet, Jean-Pierre. The Book within the Book: Writing in Deuteronomy. Leiden: Brill, 1997.

Thompson, J. A. Deuteronomy: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1974.

Tigay, J. Deuteronomy. Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1996.

———. You Shall Have No Other Gods: Israelite Religion in the Light of Hebrew Inscriptions. Harvard Semitic Monographs 31. Atlanta: Scholars, 1986.

Toorn, K. van der, B. Becking, and P. W. van der Horst, eds. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Revised edition. Leiden: Brill, 1999.

Turner, Kenneth J. The Death of Deaths in the Death of Israel: Deuteronomomy’s Theology of Exile. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.

Vogt, Peter. Deuteronomic Theology and the Significance of Torah: A Reappraisal. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006.

Watts, James W. Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch. Biblical Seminar 59. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1999.

Weinfeld, M. “Deuteronomy.” In Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman, 2:168–83. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1992.

———. Deuteronomy 1–11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible 5. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

———. Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School. 1972; reprint Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1992.

Wenham, Gordon. J. “Deuteronomy and the Central Sanctuary.” Tyndale Bulletin 22 (1971): 103–18.

Wevers, John W. Notes on the Greek Text of Deuteronomy. Septuagint and Cognate Studies 39. Atlanta: Scholars, 1995.

Wilson, Ian. Out of the Midst of the Fire. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series 151. Atlanta: Scholars, 1995.

Wright, Christopher J. H. Deuteronomy. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996.

———. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006.

———. The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010.

———. Old Testament Ethics for the People of God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004.

Zehnder, Markus. “Building on Stone? Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon’s Loyalty Oaths (Part 1): Some Preliminary Observations.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 19 (2009): 341–74.

———. “Building on Stone? Deuteronomy and Esarhaddon’s Loyalty Oaths (Part 2): Some Additional Observations.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 19 (2009): 511–35.

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