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Deuteronomy 1–11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Deuteronomy 1–11 is here presented in a groundbreaking new translation, with a comprehensive introduction and thorough commentary by world-renowned Israeli biblical scholar Moshe Weinfeld. The “second law,” Deuteronomy portrays Moses as the founder and great lawgiver of Israel. In a series of addresses, Moses reviews his life and the life of God’s people. He reminds them of the guiding hand of...

Ehrlich (1909, ad loc.) justifiably argues that lĕbaddo is an adverb, and thus inappropriate in a nominal sentence, hence ʾeḥad is correct. That oneness in reference to a god involves aloneness may be learned from a proclamation about the god Enlil in a Sumerian dedication inscription: “Enlil is the Lord of heaven and earth, he is king alone [literally, his oneness] (dEnlil an-ki-šu lugal-ám, aš-ni lugal-ám)” (Poebel 1914, no. 66, 1.1–3). Similarly, we read about the god Baal or Mot in Ugaritic
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