Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy

Commentaries

• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Deuteronomy (T&T Clark, 1896) - by S.R. Driver

Introduction

• Deuteronomy, Book of - by McConville, J. G., in Dictionary of the Old Testament: The Pentateuch (IVP, 2002)
• From Manasseh to the Deuteronomic Reform - chapter 19 of Gerald A. Larue, Old Testament Life and Literature (1968)
• The Book of the Law: Studies in the Date of Deuteronomy (Tyndale, 1957) - by G.T. Manley

Deuteronomy 1–4

• Deuteronomium 1–4 als Sprechakt - by Georg Braulik, Biblica 83 (2002) 249–257

Deuteronomy 5

• Decalogue - by J. W. Marshall, Dictionary of the Old Testament: The Pentateuch (IVP, 2002)
• Lineage and Law in Pre-Exilic Israel - by Ron E. Tappy, Revue Biblique 107.2 (2000); abstract
• The Hebrew Papyrus of the Ten Commandments - by F. C. Burkitt, The Jewish Quarterly Review 15 (1903) 392–408

Deuteronomy 11

• Watering Egypt. Deut 11:10 - by Lyle Eslinger, Vetus Testamentum 37 (1987) 85–90

Deuteronomy 14

• Romancing the Widow: The Economic Reality of Providing for Widows in Deuteronomy - by Naomi Steinberg, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2001, Women in the Biblical World Section; alternate subtitle: “The Economic Distinctions between the ’almanâ, the ’issa-’almanâ and the ’eset-hammet”

Deuteronomy 18

• Remembering the Future: Matthew 18 and Deuteronomy 18 - by Willie Young, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 5.2 (2005)

Deuteronomy 20

• From Dominion to Stewardship? The Ecology of Biblical Translation - by Leonard Greenspoon, pp. 159–183 in Religion and the Environment (JRS Supplement 3; ed. Ronald A. Simkins; The Kripke Center, 2008)

Deuteronomy 21

• Deuteronomy 21:10–14 - The Beautiful Captive Woman - by Pearl Elman, Women in Judaism 1.1 (1997)

Deuteronomy 25

• Of Muzzles and Oxen: Deuteronomy 25:4 and 1 Corinthians 9:9 - by Jan L. Verbruggen, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (December 2006)
• The Case of an Immodest Lady Wrestler in Deuteronomy 25:11–12 - by Lyle Eslinger, Vetus Testamentum 31 (1981) 269–81

Deuteronomy 31

• Bakhtin Revisits Deuteronomy: Narrative Theory and the Dialogical Event of Deut. 31:2 and 34:7 - by David A. Bergen, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 2 (1999)

Deuteronomy 32

• Linguistic Patterns of Deuteronomy 32 - by S. Nigosian, Biblica 78 (1997); abstract
• Dt 32,8, une correction tardive des scribes. Essai d’interprétation et de datation - by Innocent Himbaza, Biblica 83 (2002) 527–548

Composition

• Observations on Judah’s Social and Economic History and the Dating of the Laws in Deuteronomy - by Ernst Axel Knauf, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.18 (2009)
• On Scroll-Making in Ancient Jerusalem - by Walter Brueggemann, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2003)
• The Authorship of the Book of Deuteronomy with its Bearings on the Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch - by J. W. McGarvey (Standard, 1902)
• The Date of Deuteronomy: Linch-pin of Old Testament Criticism (Part 1) - by Gordon J. Wenham, Themelios 10.3 (1985) 15–20
• The Date of Deuteronomy: Linch-pin of Old Testament Criticism (Part 2) - by Gordon J. Wenham, Themelios 11.1 (1986) 15–18

General Articles and Essays

• More Drafting Techniques in Deuteronomic Laws - by Lyle Eslinger, Vetus Testamentum 34 (1984) 221–26

Monarchy

• The Case for Kingship in Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets - by David M. Howard, Jr., Westminster Theological Journal 52 (1990) 101–115

New Testament Use

• The Song of Moses and Divine Begetting in Matt 1,20 - by B.D. Crowe, Biblica 90 (2009) 47–58

Reception

• Covenants and Criticism: Deuteronomy and the American Founding - by George E. Connor, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Spring 2002)

Theology

• Living in a World Where Life Is Cheap: The Relevance of the Book of Deuteronomy and the Sixth Commandment for the Debate on the Sanctity of Human Life - by Melvin Tinker, Themelios 29.1 (Autumn 2003) 5–17

Book Reviews

• Braulik, Georg, Studien zu den Methoden der Deuteronomiumsexegese (Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2006) - reviewed by Jack R. Lundbom, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Burckhardt, Leonhard, Klaus Seybold, and Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg, eds., Gesetzgebung in antiken Gesellschaften: Israel, Griechenland, Rom (de Gruyter, 2007) - reviewed by Ernst Axel Knauf, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• DeRouchie, Jason S., A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11 (Gorgias, 2007) - reviewed by Max Rogland, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Ellens, Deborah L., Women in the Sex Texts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis (T&T Clark, 2008) - reviewed by Naomi Steinberg, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Grant, Jamie A., The King as Exemplar: The Function of Deuteronomy's Kingship Law in the Shaping of the Book of Psalms (Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Patricia Ducher-Walls, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Gershon Brin, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Holter, Knut, Deuteronomy 4 and the Second Commandment (Lang, 2003) - reviewed by Thomas Römer, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Knierim, Das Deuteronomium zwischen Pentateuch und Deuteronomistichem Geschichtswerk (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004) - reviewed by A. G. Auld, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Lohfink, Norbert F., Studien zum Deuteronomium und zur deuteronomistischen Literatur IV (Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2000) - reviewed by Richard D. Nelson, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• MacDonald, Nathan, Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' (Mohr Siebeck, 2003) - reviewed by Yairah Amit, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Nelson, Richard D., Deuteronomy (Old Testament Library; Westminster John Knox, 2002) - reviewed by Jean-Daniel Macchi, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Rofé, Alexander, Deuteronomy: Issues and Interpretation (T&T Clark, 2002)
  • Reviewed by Thomas C. Romer, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by James E. West, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Schacter, Jay F., trans., The Commentary of Abraham Ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch: Volume 5: Deuteronomy (Ktav, 2003) - reviewed by Mayer Gruber, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Sherwood, Stephen, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Berit Olam; Liturgical, 2002)
  • Reviewed by Robin Gallaher Branch, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Gerald A. Klingbeil, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Beverly W. Cushman, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Jan A. Wagenaar, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
• Sivan, Hagith, Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation of the Ten Commandments (T&T Clark, 2004) - reviewed by William Marderness, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Stackert, Jeffrey, Rewriting the Torah: Literary Revision in Deuteronomy and the Holiness Legislation (Mohr Siebeck, 2007) - reviewed by Eckart Otto, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Taschner, Johannes, Die Mosereden im Deuteronomium: Eine kanonorientierte Untersuchung (Mohr Siebeck, 2008) - reviewed by Dominik Marki, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Vogt, Peter T., Deuteronomic Theology and the Significance of Torah: A Reappraisal (Eisenbrauns, 2006) - reviewed by William Morrow, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)