The Book Within the Book: Writing in Deuteronomy

by Jean-Pierre Sonnet

This volume offers a fresh approach to an old issue: the question of Moses' authorship. Whereas traditional interpretation equated the "book" written by Moses (Deut 31:9,24) with Deuteronomy, and even with the Pentateuch, and while critical historical exegesis endeavors to identify Deuteronomy's successive redactors, this study assesses the literary claim of Deuteronomy as far as Moses' writing is concerned.
The study first describes the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004108661
• ISBN13: 9789004108660
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.7"