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Deuteronomy's command to restrict cultic practice to one "chosen place" has occupied a central position in scholars' understandings of the book and their reconstruction of Israelite political and religious history. The debates about the date of Deuteronomy, its proposed connectio...

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Main Author: Thelle, Rannfrid I., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London [England] ; New York, New York : T & T Clark International, 2012.
Series:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 564.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Deuteronomy's command to restrict cultic practice to one "chosen place" has occupied a central position in scholars' understandings of the book and their reconstruction of Israelite political and religious history. The debates about the date of Deuteronomy, its proposed connections to "Josiah's reform", and, most profoundly, the "Deuteronomistic History (DH) hypothesis" have dominated study of the idea of "chosen place". These debates have, to a large extent, determined how we read Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets in general. Through a reading of key texts from these corpora, thi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781472550279
1472550277
9780567376329
056737632X

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