Preaching the Law: Reconsidering the Relationship between the Covenant Code and Deuteronomy

Similarities and divergences between the Covenant Code (CC) and the Deuteronomic Code (DC) typically have been explored by focusing on content, leading to a proposed relationship of abrogation or revision and implementation. The communicative contexts, text pragmatics, and communicative intentionali...

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Main Author: Rossi, Benedetta 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 148-165
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Codex / Law / Deuteronomium / Exodus
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
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Summary:Similarities and divergences between the Covenant Code (CC) and the Deuteronomic Code (DC) typically have been explored by focusing on content, leading to a proposed relationship of abrogation or revision and implementation. The communicative contexts, text pragmatics, and communicative intentionality of both the CC and DC have remained marginal to the debate. I shall argue that Deuteronomy takes up, expands, and improves communicative strategies already present in CC, with the underlying aim of transforming law into “preached law.” The transfer of preached law from orality to a written medium builds and reinforces the authoritative status of those who transmit it. Thus, a transfer of authority occurs: from the object (law) to its preachers (interpreters).
ISSN:1502-7244
Contains:Enthalten in: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2023.2222045