The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine?
Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than in Mesopotamia. This observation challenges two major theories of the book’s origins: Deuteronomy as pre-exilic attempt to subvert Assyrian imperial power and Deuteronomy as exilic, utopian manifesto fo...
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| description | Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than in Mesopotamia. This observation challenges two major theories of the book’s origins: Deuteronomy as pre-exilic attempt to subvert Assyrian imperial power and Deuteronomy as exilic, utopian manifesto for a restored Israel. The indications of a true Levantine context for the deuteronomic interest are identified in both the legal content of the book (passages which presuppose the audience’s presence in the land or identify its interests with the southern Levant and its inhabitants) and in its terminology (»in/from your midst«, »other gods«, lack of »foreigner« language). Note is also made of later attempts to reapply material originally orientated toward the Levant to an exilic population dealing with Mesopotamian culture. |
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| spelling | nottingham-315092020-05-04T20:21:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31509/ The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? Crouch, C.L. Deuteronomy contains a number of indications which locate its interests in the Levant rather than in Mesopotamia. This observation challenges two major theories of the book’s origins: Deuteronomy as pre-exilic attempt to subvert Assyrian imperial power and Deuteronomy as exilic, utopian manifesto for a restored Israel. The indications of a true Levantine context for the deuteronomic interest are identified in both the legal content of the book (passages which presuppose the audience’s presence in the land or identify its interests with the southern Levant and its inhabitants) and in its terminology (»in/from your midst«, »other gods«, lack of »foreigner« language). Note is also made of later attempts to reapply material originally orientated toward the Levant to an exilic population dealing with Mesopotamian culture. De Gruyter 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed Crouch, C.L. (2012) The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 124 (4). pp. 541-554. ISSN 1613-0103 Hebrew Bible Old Testament Ethnicity Deuteronomy Ethnicity and National Identity http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/zatw_zatw.2012.124.issue-4_20130225/zatw.2012.124.issue-3/zaw-2012-0038/zaw-2012-0038.xml doi:10.1515/zaw-2012-0038 doi:10.1515/zaw-2012-0038 |
| spellingShingle | Hebrew Bible Old Testament Ethnicity Deuteronomy Ethnicity and National Identity Crouch, C.L. The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title | The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title_full | The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title_fullStr | The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title_short | The threat to Israel’s identity in Deuteronomy: Mesopotamian or Levantine? |
| title_sort | threat to israel’s identity in deuteronomy: mesopotamian or levantine? |
| topic | Hebrew Bible Old Testament Ethnicity Deuteronomy Ethnicity and National Identity |
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