Deuteronomy and the death of Moses : a theological reading

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1. Torah, superscriptions, and the death of Moses: Deuteronomy's form, structure, and recurring theme -- Form: Deuteronomy as catechesis -- Structure: Deuteronomy's five superscription -- Recurring theme: The death of Moses -- 2. "These are the words" -- Deuteronomy 1-4: A story of faithfulness and rebellion -- Deuteronomy 1: Moses, death, and the old generation -- Deuteronomy 2-3: Israel among the nations and foretastes of the conquest -- Deuteronomy 4:1-40: Interpreting the past for the sake of the future -- Deuteronomy 4:41-43: The cities of refuge -- Summary: Deuteronomy 1-4 and the death of Moses. 3. "This is the Torah" -- Deuteronomy 5: The blueprint of Deuteronomy's structure and themes -- Deuteronomy 5:1-5: The central concern of Deuteronomy -- Deuteronomy 5:6: A pat captured in a snapshot -- Deuteronomy 5:7-21: The law for the present -- the Ten Commandments -- Deuteronomy 5:22-31: The covenant for the future -- Moses' commission as mediator and teacher -- Deuteronomy 5:32-33: The blessing -- "That it may go well with you" -- Summary: Deuteronomy 5 and the death of Moses -- 4. "This is the commandment" -- Deuteronomy 6-11: The Great Commandment for the present -- Deuteronomy 6:1-9: The Great Commandment -- Love the one Lord alone -- Deuteronomy 6:10-25: The giftedness of Israel's existence -- Deuteronomy 7-10: The gods of death -- militarism, materialism, and moralism -- Deuteronomy 22: Life and death, blessing and curse -- Summary: Deuteronomy 6-11 and the death of Moses. 5. "These are the statutes and ordinances" -- Deuteronomy 12-18: expansions of the Ten Commandments, part one -- Preliminary observations on the statutes and ordinances -- Deuteronomy 12:1-13:18: No other gods (First commandment) -- God's presence and word -- Deuteronomy 14:1-21: God's name (Second commandment) -- purity, boundaries, and power -- Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17: The Sabbath (Third commandment) -- Letting go and setting free -- Deuteronomy 16:18-18:22: Parents and authority (Fourth commandment) -- the limits of human power -- Summary: Deuteronomy 12-18 and the death of Moses -- 6. "These are the statues and ordinances" -- Deuteronomy 19-28: Expansions of th Ten Commandments, part two -- Deuteronomy 19:1-22:8: Killing (Fifth commandment) -- Life and death -- Deuteronomy 22:9-23:18: Adultery (Sixth commandment) -- God, sex, and foreigners -- Deuteronomy 23:19-24:7: Stealing (Seventh commandment) -- Money, freedom, and life -- Deuteronomy 24:8-25:4: Bearing false witness (Eighth commandment) -- God and the ox -- Deuteronomy 25:5-12: Coveting a neighbor's wife (Ninth commandment) -- Rules and exceptions -- Deuteronomy 25:13-26:15: Desiring (Tenth commandment) -- Power, business, and bullies -- Deuteronomy 26:16-19: Sealing the relationship "today" -- Deuteronomy 27: A publishing party and a curse on secret sins -- Deuteronomy 28: The law -- short on blessing, long o curse -- Summary: Deuteronomy 19-28 and the death of Moses. 7. "These are the words of the covenant" -- Deuteronomy 29-32: The new covenant for the future -- Three versions of the New Covenant of Moab -- Deuteronomy 29-30: The liturgical form -- Deuteronomy 31: The human and textual form -- Deuteronomy 32:1-47: The poetic form -- Deuteronomy 32:48-52: Moses -- a sin remembered, death foretold -- Reflections at the border: The Old Covenant of Horeb and the New Covenant of Moab -- God, the Law, and The New Covenant: Theological reflections on Deuteronomy 29-32 -- The New Covenants of Moab and Jeremiah -- Summary: Deuteronomy 29-32 and the death of Moses. 8."This is the blessing" -- Deuteronomy 33-34: God's blessing, Moses' death -- Deuteronomy 33: Moses' prayer for God's blessing -- Deuteronomy 34: The death of Moses outside the land -- Summary: Deuteronomy 33-34 and the death of Moses -- 9. Centering and decentering: Deuteronomy, the death of Moses, and biblical theology -- The covenants of Horeb and Moab -- The ark, the stone tablets, and the book -- The central sanctuary: "The place that Yahweh will choose as dwelling for His name."