Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

Volume 5

General Editor: Donald J. Wiseman

Deuteronomy

An Introduction and Commentary

J. A. Thompson

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First published in 1974

Reprinted in this format 2008

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

UK ISBN: 978-1-84474-260-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thompson, J. A., 1913–.

Deuteronomy: an introduction and commentary / J. A. Thompson.

p. cm.—(Tyndale Old Testament commentaries; v. 5)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8308-4205-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T. Deuteronomy—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS1275.3.T46 1974

222’.15—dc22

2007052825

US ISBN: 978-0-8308-4205-6

CONTENTS

General preface

Author’s preface

Chief abbreviations

Selected bibliography

Introduction

Title

Deuteronomy and the divine Torah

The structure of Deuteronomy

Some literary characteristics of Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy and the central sanctuary

The basic social and religious background of Deuteronomy

The date and authorship of Deuteronomy

The theology of Deuteronomy

Analysis

Commentary

GENERAL PREFACE

The aim of this series of Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, as it was in the companion volumes on the New Testament, is to provide the student of the Bible with a handy, up-to-date commentary on each book, with the primary emphasis on exegesis. Major critical questions are discussed in the introductions and additional notes, while undue technicalities have been avoided.

In this series individual ...