Resources for Deuteronomy
(Check the
Scripture Index
for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Deuteronomy at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- Deuteronomy: Introduction and Overview, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- Deuteronomy, Wikipedia.
- Deuteronomy, Morris Jastrow, Jr., Emil Hirsch, Benno Jacob, SR Driver, Jewish Encyclopedia.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Deuteronomy.
- Introduction to the Book of Deuteronomy, New American Bible.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Deuteronomy, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Deuteronomy) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Deuteronomy in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
- Biblenotes summary: Deuteronomy.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Devarim - Deuteronomy, text with Rashi's commentary, chabad.org.
- Deuteronomy, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Deuteronomy, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Deuteronomy, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Deuteronomy, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Deuteronomy, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Law: Hear O Israel (Legal Codes)," Davie Napier, in From Faith to Faith: Essays on Old Testament Literature, 1955. Full text online at Religion Online.
- Deuteronomy: The Torah of Moses, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Deuteronomy, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Expository Notes on Deuteronomy, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Articles and Background:
- "The Authorship of the Book of Deuteronomy with Its Bearings on the Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch," John William McGarvey, 1902.
- "The Date of Deuteronomy: Linch-pin of Old Testament Criticism, Part One," Gordon Wenham, Themelios, 1985.
- "The Date of Deuteronomy: Linch-pin of Old Testament Criticism, Part Two," Gordon Wenham, Themelios, 1985.
- "Regal/Messianic Hope in Deuteronomy, 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "The Case for Kingship in Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets," David M Howard, Jr., Westminster Theological Journal, 1990.
- "Deuteronomy As De-Centering Center: Reflections on Postmodernism and the Quest for a Theological Center of the Hebrew Scriptures," Dennis T. Olson, Semeia 71: Textual Determinacy, Part Two, 1995.
- Moses, articles, photographs and video at BBC Religion and Ethics.
- "Rethinking the Relationship between Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History: The Case of Kings," Gary N Knoppers, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2001.
- "Covenants and Criticism: Deuteronomy and the American Founding," George E. Connor, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2002.
- "Feeling Our Way: Love for God in Deuteronomy," Jacqueline E Lapsley, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Block, Daniel I.,
"Recovering the Voice of Moses: The Genesis of Deuteronomy," Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lapsley, Jacqueline E.,
"Feeling our Way: Love for God in Deuteronomy," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Block, Daniel I.,
"Recovering the Voice of Moses: The Genesis of Deuteronomy," Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2001.
- Resources for studying the Pentateuch.