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Deuteronomy 34 and the Case for a Persian Hexateuch

Author(s) -

Thomas Römer,

M.Z. Brettler

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

journal of biblical literature

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1934-3876

pISSN - 0021-9231

DOI - 10.2307/3268406

Subject(s) - torah , conquest , deuteronomist , hebrew , scholarship , history , successor cardinal , ancient history , dead sea scrolls , theology , literature , hebrew bible , classics , philosophy , art , biblical studies , archaeology , law , judaism , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics

for the compositional and theological understanding of the Hebrew Bible. The Pentateuch concludes with the story of Moses’ death, but this is not really a satisfying thematic conclusion. The promise of land is not fulfilled; this must await the book of Joshua, where Joshua, depicted as the successor of Moses in Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua, completes the conquest of Canaan that was initiated by Moses’ conquest of the Transjordan. This was the main reason that critical scholarship created the Hexateuch,1 which served as the dominant JBL 119/3 (2000) 401–419

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