THEO 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Beatitudes, Scurvy, Book Of Deuteronomy
30 Mar 2014
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Lecture 2: second telling of the law (which first appears in exodus) Deuteronomy: assyrians brought israel into exile in 721 bc and brought the samaritans. Samaritan literature is focused on moses and the law: northern tradition, believed that deuteronomy arrived in southern kingdom judah in the context of the assyrian invasions. Brought the book of the law to jerusalem. Moses takes that opportunity to teach them something: gives a didactic programmatic speech, established the agenda of behavior for once they get into the promised land. Israel did not always live up to expectations there were always problems: moses said that god was angry with him and would not let him cross. Goes on to say that if people go on to behave themselves fine if they act perversely against god, they will be scattered amongst the people of the world and pay tribute to gods made with human hands.
