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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...

Israelite’s obedience in releasing the slave. The sequence then is this: God blesses, Israel obeys, God continues to bless. God’s action in blessing Israel, therefore, while it had an unconditional aspect in that Israel could not acquire the blessing for itself, becomes conditional upon Israel’s obedience in the land. Further examples of blessing that follows obedience are in the laws prohibiting lending at interest to a fellow-Israelite (23:21 [23:20 EVV]), and requiring that forgotten sheaves be
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