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The Pedagogy of the Pentateuch: The Undergraduate Classroom at a Large State University
ABSTRACT In response to the three questions suggested for this symposium on the pedagogy of the Pentateuch, I focus here less on what we teach and instead emphasize the values within our discipline. Students need to learn how to read the Bible as part of the humanities: as the work of thinkers who were reflecting on their place in the world and ...
Bernard M. Levinson
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Teaching the Pentateuch: Challenges and Opportunities
ABSTRACT What are best practices for teaching the Pentateuch and the Hebrew Bible more broadly? How can we introduce students to ways of reading biblical texts that are eye‐opening, empowering, and accessible? In this paper, I explore some of the challenges and opportunities that we face as biblical studies professors, and I profile a handful of ...
Sara Milstein
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Bakhtin Revisits Deuteronomy: Narrative Theory and the Dialogical Event of Deut. 31:2 and 34:7
In 1980 Robert Polzin engaged the narrative structure of Deuteronomy and introduced Mikhail Bakhtin's literary theory to biblical studies. Few however have carried forward the implications of this pioneering
David A. Bergen
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Why Teach the Composition of the Pentateuch? It's Complicated, but Necessarily So
ABSTRACT This article explores three issues in teaching the Pentateuch, namely its composition, its place in the history of ancient Israel, and our responsibilities to its past and present interpreters. Although the certainties are few and new ideas and theories emerge, attending to these issues fosters a decentering of the biblical text and invites ...
Philip Y. Yoo
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The Magistracy of Moses: The Old Testament in Local Government, 1689–1750
Abstract This article explores the popularity of Moses as a model for government in the early eighteenth century. It examines references to Moses in sermons preached at civic or political events such as assizes, elections of mayors, and meetings of reform societies.
Daniel Rignall
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. Bible scholars have suggested that the book of Deuteronomy was redacted by the Deuteromonist. This group compiled the book of Deuteronomy as a response to foreign domination or imperialism against Israel.
Aeron Frior Sihombing +1 more
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Some people only know the general form of tasniyah, even though there is another form, namely Deuteronomy of taghlib. Therefore, this research aims to discuss in detail the Deuteronomy of taghlib, especially in the three words as al-abawani, al ...
Muhammad Wildan Ali Fikri +3 more
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The Suffering Moses in the Pentateuch and Psalms
The article shows the prophetic profile of Moses from the perspective of the “final text” of Deuteronomy especially in Deut 4 and Deut 29–30. In Deut 30:1–10, Moses announces the circumcision of hearts. Moses’ song in Deut 32 confirms his message of doom
Eckart Otto
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Dydaktyczny charakter biblijnej księgi na przykładzie Deuteronomium
Deuteronomy as a biblical text expresses tradition which was being developed for a few centuries. Its creators used a model taken from the world of ancient pedagogy to present the dynamic relation between God and Israel.
Renata Jasnos
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A New Contextual Look at the Place the Lord has Chosen as his Own in Deuteronomy 12:13–19 [PDF]
Deuteronomy 12, stresses the idea of having a central place of worship, where the Lord has chosen to establish his name. Deuteronomy 12:13-19 is a pericope which forms one of the four parallel laws concerning cult centralization.
Michael Ufok Udoekpo
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