ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THE TYPOLOGY OF DEUTERONOMIC COMPOSTION
I. THE ORATIONS
1. The Valedictory Address
2. The Prophetic Oration
3. The Liturgical Oration
4. The Military Oration
5. The Sitz im Leben of the Orations
II. TREATY FORM AND PHRASEOLOGY—AFFINITIES WITH THE ANCIENT NEAR-EASTERN TREATY FORMULAE
1. The Covenant of the Plains of Moab
2. The Curses
3. Law-Code versus Treaty
III. THE SCRIBAL ROLE IN THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DEUTERONOMY
1. The Scribes and the ‘Book of the Torah’
2. Rhetorical Technique
PARTS TWO AND THREE
Introduction: the Relationship between the Priestly and Deuteronomic documents
PART TWO: DEMYTHOLOGIZATION AND SECULARIZATION
I. THE CONCEPT OF GOD AND THE DIVINE ABODE
II. SACRAL AND FESTAL OBSERVANCES
1. Sacrifice and Holy Donations
2. The Feasts
III. PURITY AND IMPURITY IN THE DEUTERONOMIC CONCEPTION OF HOLINESS
IV. SECULAR TRENDS IN DEUTERONOMY
1. The Judicial Reform
2. The Laws of Asylum
3. The Laws of Warfare
4. Sin and Punishment
PART THREE: DEUTERONOMIC LITERATURE AND WISDOM LITERATURE
I. WISDOM SUBSTRATA IN DEUTERONOMY AND DEUTERONOMIC LITERATURE
1. The Concept of Wisdom
2. Wisdom Content in Deuteronomy
3. The Fear of God
II. HUMANISM
III. DIDACTICISM
IV. THE DOCTRINE OF REWARD
1. Life and Good
2. The Possession of the Land
3. Theodicy
APPENDICES
A. Deuteronomic Phraseology
B. Hosea and Deuteronomy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ADDENDA
GLOSSARIES
INDEX OF SOURCES
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
SUBJECT INDEX