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This book focuses on the relation between the law of the Old Testament and the nature of God and of grace. Asserting that the laws are a result of theology, and not the other way around, McConville acknowledges Deuteronomy as a book of history and documentation of law, but also believes it gives great insight into the character of God. He begins his study with an introduction to the general...

Chapter 1 THE THEOLOGY OF DEUTERONOMY Good general accounts of the theology of Deuteronomy are readily available1 and this is not an attempt to add to them. Our particular concern is to highlight those aspects of the theology of the book which will serve to illustrate the function of the laws. A primary concern will be to assess in what sense and to what extent a concept of covenant may be said to be reflected in the laws. We have noticed already that Noth and Perlitt have seen a move towards legalism
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