Neuere Studien interpretieren die Ämtergesetze des Deuteronomiums (Dtn 16,18-18,22) als ersten Verfassungsentwurf für die nachexilische Zukunft. Sarah Pearce untersucht die Rezeption und Transformation dieser Gesetze zur Zeit des zweiten Tempels, wobei sie einen besonderen Fokus…
In the last several decades since the first publications of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, a revolution has occurred in the understanding of the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible during the Second Temple period. The present volume is a collection of articles documenting th…
This dissertation explores nineteen occasions where Ezra–Nehemiah uses the language of Deuteronomy, either through allusion or quotation. The study considers how the law contributed to the identity of the post-exilic community, especially in relation to their ongoing exile while…
The present research attempts to trace the character and development of the judicial system in ancient Israel based upon the investigation of three main biblical passages concerning judicial system (Exodus 18 [chapter 2], Deut 16:18–17:20 [chapter 3], 2 Chronicles 19 [chapter 4]…
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the law of the levirate (Deuteronomy 25.5–10) and its economical dimensions, while not ignoring the sexual elements associated with it. Comparing the pertinent biblical texts with the laws and customs of neighboring people, this thesis p…
In several of his letters, Paul introduces portions of Deuteronomy 27, 28, 29, 30, and 32 into his argument. This study examines Paul's explicit quotations of these chapters of Deuteronomy as well as his “explicit, verbal references” of Deuteronomy: texts that are not attended b…
Discovered during the 1932 excavations of the city, the Synagogue in Dura-Europos revealed an assembly room whose walls contained narrative paintings inspired by biblical and extra-biblical Jewish literature. Found in a nearly complete state is the sacred Jerusalem-facing west w…
This dissertation traces the Jubilee tradition through two profound historical transformations separating three distinct stages of interpretation, reflected in Leviticus 25 and related passages, stretching from ANE roots to Luke. The complex originated as ancient social welfare …
This study presents a new approach to comparative legal study between the biblical and the ANE slave laws. It adopts a multidimensional examination that compares not only analogous laws with similar subject matter of slavery, but also their rhetorical techniques, methods of law …
The following dissertation utilizes an interdisciplinary methodology through the incorporation of the sociological theory of collective remembering as set forth by Jeffrey Olick. Olick's process-relational perspective will be utilized alongside his counter-concepts of field, gen…
The title of this dissertation is “Paul's Use of Deuteronomy 30:11–14 in Rom. 10:5–8 as a Locus Primus on Paul's Understanding of the Law in Romans.” The thesis of this dissertation is that Rom. 10:5–8 represents a locus primus among Pauline texts to illumine the issue of the la…
This investigation explores and elucidates, to a greater extent than any previous study, the presence of Priestly and Deuteronomic language and concepts in the book of Ezekiel. We consider several questions: (1) What is the nature of the relationship between Ezekiel and the Prie…
The source, form and tradition critical approaches to the Pentateuch have also been applied to the laws commanding just and charitable treatment for the resident alien, fatherless (orphan), and widow. These studies have concluded that these laws were incorporated into the Israel…
The study of quotations and allusions to the Hebrew Bible in religious texts has only recently began to be methodically approached and analyzed. Although previous studies on quotations and allusions to the Hebrew Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls are amply available concerning indiv…
In this study, I contend that Ezekiel's portrait of the Glory represents an understanding of Yahweh's earthly presence that is markedly different from how the earthly divine presence is understood in Deuteronomistic Name theology. As formulated in Deuteronomy and maintained in t…
The deuteronomic corpus comprises an intentional hybridization of discourse types incorporating a composite structure analogous to the Hittite subordination treaty in its interdiscourse relationships. Deuteronomy's synchronic form encapsulates this composite genre in parenetic a…