This inaugural volume in the series, Themes and Issues in Biblical Studies, includes 19 articles that, collectively, provide readers with informed presentations of a range of current debates concerning Deuteronomy as well as key themes and their implications. A number of long-standing hypotheses are re-examined, with alternative options proposed. E-publication of individual chapters has preceded the printing of the finalized collection in hardback and paperback versions. Issues that have been included are: the proposed influence of Esarhaddon’s Succession adê on Deuteronomy 13 and 12; berît as treaty, covenant, or instructions; Deuteronomy in dialogue with ancient Near Eastern law collections; reconceived Yahwism; Torah as a tool of propaganda and hegemony adapted from Persian dāta; characteristics of the Samaritan version of Deuteronomy; the role of Deuteronomy in the Pentateuch; where and when Deuteronomy might have been written, the influence of Deuteronomy on the final shape of the psalter. Themes that have been examined include: geographical dimensions of the book; parenting; economic dimensions of the book; ethnicity and power; pedagogy; Moses as master scribe; pragmatism, utopia and dystopia in the book; ethics; and the memory of Cisjordan as a landscape of fortified cities.

Diana V. Edelman

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Philippe Guillaume
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Archaeology at Jessup University. Kristin Joachimsen is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, MFNorwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. Ehud Ben Zvi is a Professor Emeritus in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor Emerita of Theology at Loyola University Chicago where she taught for thirty-five years.

Megan B. Turton

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Kåre Berge
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Archaeology at Jessup University. Kristin Joachimsen is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, MFNorwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. Ehud Ben Zvi is a Professor Emeritus in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor Emerita of Theology at Loyola University Chicago where she taught for thirty-five years.

Benedetta Rossi
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Archaeology at Jessup University. Kristin Joachimsen is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, MFNorwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. Ehud Ben Zvi is a Professor Emeritus in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor Emerita of Theology at Loyola University Chicago where she taught for thirty-five years.

Madhavi Nevader

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Richard D. Nelson

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Sidnie White Crawford

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Georg Braulik

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Bernard Gosse

Diana V. Edelman is Professor Emerita of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.

Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne.

Ehud Ben Zvi
Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible & Archaeology at Jessup University. Kristin Joachimsen is Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, MFNorwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. Ehud Ben Zvi is a Professor Emeritus in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor Emerita of Theology at Loyola University Chicago where she taught for thirty-five years.

Diana V. Edelman

Philippe Guillaume

Philippe Guillaume is Privatdozent at the Biblical Institute of the Theological Faculty of the University of Berne.