1. Deuteronomy and Joshua
9/20/17
Professor Tate

2. Vocabulary Deuteronomic Source (D) Shema Merneptah Stele
Deuteronomistic History (DH)
= Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings
= The Former Prophets
Tetrateuch (four books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
Pentateuch (five books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Hexateuch (six books)
Pentateuch + Joshua
Merneptah Stele
Pillared Israelite house
Collared-rim storage jars
Four models for Israel’s emergence in Canaan:
Conquest
Immigration
Revolt
Gradual emergence

3. Deuteronomy Lit. “Second Law”
Framed as Moses’ farewell address before his death
8th century B.C.E.
Calls the place of revelation “Horeb” instead of “Sinai”

4. Deuteronomy’s Emphases
Rhetorical, i.e., intended to persuade:
The Israelites are urged to love God with all their heart and all their soul. He chose them from all the nations, rescued them from Egypt with his mighty hand and outstretched arm, because he loved them. Therefore, the Israelites are to worship him alone, and not other gods, so that he will bless them and their days will be long in the land which he is giving them, which they are entering to possess. In this land, he will also choose a place for his name to dwell, and it is there that they are to assemble regularly for festivals at which this law will be read.

5. The Shema
Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)

6. The Deuteronomistic History
The problem with worshipping other gods
The importance of a centralized place of worship
The importance of reading and keeping the law
The pitfalls of human governments

7. The Law of the King (Deuteronomy 17)
14 When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,” 15 you may indeed set over you a king whom the Lord your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community. 16 Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself, or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, “You must never return that way again.” 17 And he must not acquire many wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; also silver and gold he must not acquire in great quantity for himself. 18 When he has taken the throne of his kingdom, he shall have a copy of this law written for him in the presence of the levitical priests. 19 It shall remain with him and he shall read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, diligently observing all the words of this law and these statutes, 20 neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.

8. Deuteronomy 34:1-10
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mt. Nebo…and YHWH showed him the whole land…and YHWH said to Moses, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.
Then Moses, the servant of YHWH, died there in the land of Moab at YHWH’s command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab…but no one knows his burial place to this day…
Never since has there arisen a prophet like Moses, who knew YHWH face to face.

9. Is this an appropriate ending to the torah?

10. How Did Israel Emerge?
The Conquest Model (Joshua)

11. The Merneptah Stele (13th Century B.C.E.)
The foreign chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.”
Libya is captured, while Haiti is pacified.
Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer is captured.
Yenoam is made into nonexistence; Israel is wasted, its seed is no more, and Hurru is become a widow because of Egypt.
All lands united themselves in peace. Those who went about are subdued by the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Merneptah.

12. How did Israel emerge? The Conquest Model (Joshua)
The Immigration Model

13. Collared-rim storage jars Pillared Israelite houses

14. How did Israel emerge? The Conquest Model (Joshua)
The Immigration Model
The Revolt Model
The Gradual Emergence Model

15. Vocabulary Deuteronomic Source (D) Shema Merneptah Stele
Deuteronomistic History (DH)
= Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings
= The Former Prophets
Tetrateuch (four books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
Pentateuch (five books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Hexateuch (six books)
Pentateuch + Joshua
Merneptah Stele
Pillared Israelite house
Collared-rim storage jars
Four models for Israel’s emergence in Canaan:
Conquest
Immigration
Revolt
Gradual emergence