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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 6B: Deuteronomy 21:10–34:12 is unavailable, but you can change that!

For centuries the book of Deuteronomy has been studied as a compilation of three sermons followed by three appendices. In his penetrating new study of this fifth book of the Pentateuch, Duane Christensen argues that “Deuteronomy is best explained as a didactic poem, composed to be recited publicly to music in ancient Israel within a liturgical setting.” Christensen calls readers to understand...

modified this simple statement as they sought revelation through higher angelic mediation (Collins, FS F. M. Cross, 548). 12 “It is not in the heavens”—the commandment is not inaccessible, it does not require some specially qualified person to make it all clear. In short, the law was specifically designed for our instruction in daily living and not to be part of the mystery of God that we could not approach and that was retained “in the heavens.” There is no ground for excuse in relation to our response
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