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Richard D. Nelson provides readers with an exceptional commentary on Deuteronomy in this edition of the Old Testament Library series. His emphasis on critical interaction provides interpreters with many avenues for proper exegesis.

(2 Kgs 23:4–14) reflect interests and particulars that cannot simply be derived from Deuteronomy. These include the fate of non-Yahwistic priests (v. 5), particular cultic installations in Jerusalem (vv. 6–7, 8b, 10–13), and the technical details of desecration (vv. 6b, 14). The presence of these non-Deuteronomic interests suggests that DH used a source at this point and that the cultic reform of Josiah actually did take place. Even apart from the question of Josiah’s reform, Deuteronomy reflects
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