The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy

Don C. Benjamin taught biblical and Near Eastern Studies at Arizona State University and Rice University, after earning his doctorate at the Claremont Graduate University. He is the author/co-author of six books. He specializes in the social scientific and feminist criticism of the Hebrew Bible.

This resource will be useful to scholars and students seeking a broad but detailed overview of current academic debates surrounding Deuteronomy in its ancient context and its influence on later Jewish and Christian theology and practice.

• Introduction Don C. Benjamin (Arizona State University), Deuteronomy, the state of the question Literary development of Deuteronomy 01. Anselm C. Hagedorn (Universität Osnabrück), The Literary History of Deuteronomy 02. Stephen C. Russell (John Jay College, City University of New York), Near Eastern Practice of Law in Deuteronomy 03. Anne K. Knafl (University of Chicago Library), Deuteronomy -- Code or Covenant? 04. Dominik Markl (University of Innsbruck and Pontifical Biblical Institute), The Decalogue in Deuteronomy 05. Laura Quick (Oxford University), Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy: Literary Motifs of Deuteronomy 06. Matthew Lynch (Regent College, British Columbia) Monotheism and Deuteronomy 07. Michaela Geiger (Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal) Space Theory and the Maqom (Sanctuary) in Deuteronomy 08. Gary P. Arbino (Gateway Seminary), Archaeology and the Ma-om Sanctuary in Deuteronomy 09. Francoise Mirguet (Arizona State University), Love and Hate in Deuteronomy 10. Pekka Pitkänen, (University of Gloucestershire), War in Deuteronomy 11. Stephen L. Cook (Virginia Theological Seminary), Moses and a Prophet like Moses in Deuteronomy Social World of Deuteronomy 12. C. L. Crouch (Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Pretoria), Israel in Deuteronomy 13. Sandra Jacobs (King's College London England), Women in Deuteronomy 14. Joachim L. W. Schaper (University of Aberdeen), Deuteronomy and Scribes 15. Nathan MacDonald (University of Cambridge and St John's College Cambridge), Priests, Levites, and Levitical Priests in Deuteronomy 16. Mark R. Glanville (Regent College British Columbia), The <"Stranger, Fatherless and Widow> " in Deuteronomy 17. Marvin A. Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology), Deuteronomy and the Reigns of Kings Hesekiah and Josiah of Judah 18 Sandra Lynn Richter (Westmont College), The Socio-Economic World of Deuteronomy Intertextuality of Deuteronomy 19. Richard J. Bautch (St. Edward's University), Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch 20. Rannfrid I. Lasine Thelle (Wichita State University) Deuteronomy, the Deuteronomistic History, and the Books of Joshua through Kings juha.pakkala@helsinki.fi 21. Bill T. Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary), Deuteronomy, Hosea, and the Theory of Northern Origins 22. Mark Leuchter (Temple University), Deuteronomy and Jeremiah Reception History of Deuteronomy 23. Ariel Feldman (Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University), Deuteronomy in the Texts from the Judean Desert 24. Michael Labahn (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa), Deuteronomy in the New Testament. 25. Joel Gereboff (Arizona State University), Deuteronomy and Early Rabbinic Judaism 26. John Kaltner (Rhodes College), Deuteronomy and Islam 27. Stephen Breck Reid (Baylor University), Deuteronomy in African-American Christianity 28. Mercedes Garcia Bachmann (Director of the Institute for Contextual Pastoral Studies for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina and Uruguay), Latin American Liberation Theology as a Response to Deuteronomy 29. Sarah J. Melcher (Xavier University, Cincinnati, Professor Emerita), Disability in Deuteronomy and Its Reception 30. David Tabb Stewart (California State University, Long Beach), Deuteronomy in the LGBTQIA+ Community