The thesis of this dissertation is that the pre-exilic prophets of Israel, when speaking of the nation's future, regularly alluded to the blessings and curses of Deut 27 and 28. This presupposes the existence of such Torah texts either written, or existing as ancient oral tradit…
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The Song of Moses of Deuteronomy 32:1–43 has had a distinguished history in both Jewish and Christian liturgy. The purpose of the dissertation is to highlight features of the Song which account for its liturgical prominence and then to study that prominence in depth. The dissert…
This dissertation advances the narrative work of Robert Polzin (1980) and Jean Pierre Sonnet (1997) with a narratological reassessment of Deuteronomy's embedded book of the law. Concerned for the long-term viability of his people, Moses invites Israel to engage hermeneutically a…
The aim of this dissertation is to present a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the noun [ger] in the book of Deuteronomy (D), which contains more [ger] occurrences than any other Old Testament (OT) book. After making a case for the translation "immigrant" in most b…
This dissertation examines the relationship between the golden calf texts of Exod 32:7-20 and Deut 9:12-21. It argues that the two passages are part of an innertextual strategy making up the composition of the Pentateuch. The term, innertextuality, is understood as an intentiona…
YHWH, the primary deity of the Hebrew Bible, is the basis of the concept of god in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This structured personality assessment study measured the level of health and pathology attributed to YHWH in two selections of the Hebrew Bible, the J and the P …
This dissertation examines the theme of exile in Deuteronomy. Chapter 1 discusses the history of research of Deuteronomy as it relates to both the Pentateuch and the Deuteronomistic History, and the history of research of exile as a theological topic in Old and New Testament stu…
Ever since W. M. L. de Wette linked the book of Deuteronomy with Josiah's reforms, OT scholarship has operated with the axiom that Deuteronomy or some significant portion thereof is to be dated in the seventh century BCE. The ensuing historical-critical question of how to distin…
This dissertation proposes that Deuteronomy portrays the role of divine paternity in three dimensions; progenitor, caregiver, and covenant partner. After presenting the history of the research in chapter 1, this study recognizes that the fatherhood of God in Deuteronomy had been…
This dissertation explores the relationship between the ancient Israelite HOH and the members of his family as portrayed in the prescriptive texts of Deuteronomy. In choosing the prescriptive texts, this study distinguishes between the actual (what was) and the ideal (what shoul…
Our inquiry into the function of Deuteronomy in 1 Corinthians leads us to three observations. First, there are instances where Paul uses a portion of Deuteronomy either as a warrant for his argument or as a sanction: (1) 5:1: he censures the sin of incest in Corinth through the …
This thesis will consider the possibility of an epistemological process described in the narratives and teaching of the Pentateuch and the Gospel of Mark. The specific nature of this epistemological process will be explored upon the priorities constrained by the texts themselves…