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Clements presents this book as a central law-book (Chapters 12–26) surrounded by a framework (Chapters 1–11 and 27–34). The framework consists of a historical introduction in Chapters 1–3, a series of speeches and exhortation and admonition in Chapters 4–11, and a historical epilogue in Chapters 27–34. The central law-book of Chapters 12–26, says Clements, appears as a recognizable whole, a...

1 INTRODUCTION THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY acquired its name from the Greek deutero-nomos (= Second Law) through a misinterpretation of the Greek (Septuagint) translation of Deut. 17:18 which refers to a copy of the law of Moses. The title, however, is an apt description for much of what is found in the book. The central part in chs. 12–26 consists of a series of laws, many of which are elaborations of earlier laws preserved in the book of Exodus. Similarly the Ten Commandments which are set out in
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