From Introduction Like other books of the Pentateuch, this, the fifth, owes its present name of Deuteronomy to the Septuagint. The Greek translators misrendered this by the words ‘this second law-giving,’ and gave the title Deuteronomium, to the whole Book; while some later Jewish writings refer to it as ‘Mishneh Torah.’ Though thus born in error, the name Deuteronomy is so far appropriate that...
CH. XXVIII. ENFORCEMENT OF BLESSINGS AND CURSES. With no title this discourse is clearly a continuation of ch. xxvi., but whether through xxvii. 9 f. or not is uncertain. The contents are the blessings and curses which shall follow respectively on Israel’s observance and neglect of the Law; already announced in xi. 26—28, xxvii. 12 f. Parallel conclusions are found to the Codes of E and H; Ex. xxiii. 20—33, Lev. xxvi. 3—45. Driver justly remarks that ch. xxviii. shows ‘no appreciable l...
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