(1967; 1972, 158–71; EncJud 5:1578–79), who argued that the authors of Deuteronomy were scribes. Weinfeld agreed that Deuteronomy contained material of northern provenance, but was not surviving oral torah from preaching Levites. What we have in Deuteronomy is rather a written document compiled by scribes of the Jerusalem court. Such a conclusion, he argues, is supported by wisdom elements in the book, e.g., the education of children and various humanistic laws, which have no counterpart in any other