The Date of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)
In 1992, Timo Veijola argued that the love commandment in Deut 6:5 was an interpolation into the Shema. On the basis of its vocabulary, he showed it to be consistent with a late Deuteronomistic stratum in Deuteronomy, which he labeled the Bundestheologische Redaktion (DtrB). In this essay I argue th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2017]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 4, Pages: 765-782 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Veijola, Timo 1947-2005
/ Bible. Deuteronomium 6,4-5
/ Interpolation
/ Textual criticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KDD Protestant Church |
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Bible. Deuteronomy
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) B Jewish Liturgy B Veijola, Timo B SHEMA (Prayer) |
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| Summary: | In 1992, Timo Veijola argued that the love commandment in Deut 6:5 was an interpolation into the Shema. On the basis of its vocabulary, he showed it to be consistent with a late Deuteronomistic stratum in Deuteronomy, which he labeled the Bundestheologische Redaktion (DtrB). In this essay I argue that Veijola's argument about the integrity of Deut 6:4-5 was based on a misunderstanding of Joüon's Hebrew grammar. Veijola's central insight, however, about the date of Deut 6:5 was sound and can be correlated with further evidence from the vocabulary and reception history of Deut 6:4. Thus, the widely held assumption that Deut 6:4 stood at the head of a Josianic book of Deuteronomy and was the slogan of the Josianic reformation is shown to rest upon precarious foundations. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1364.2017.196197 |