This commentary on Deuteronomy,
now available in a new casebound
edition, meets and exceeds the high
standards of the Old Testament Library
series. It provides one of the most
sophisticated explanations of the
compositional process that produced
Deuteronomy, presenting that process
as a combination of large-scale
redactional activity and "micro-
redaction." The commentary is also
attentive to the historical background
of Deuteronomy's origins in the reigns
of Manasseh and Josiah. The fresh
translation that heads each section is...