PREFACE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE AUTHORSHIP AND AGE OF DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER II THE HISTORIC SETTING OF DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER III THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deut. i.-iii.

CHAPTER IV THE DECALOGUE ITS FORM Deut. v. 1-21.

CHAPTER V THE DECALOGUE ITS SUBSTANCE

CHAPTER VI THE MEDIATORSHIP OF MOSES Deut. v. 22-33

CHAPTER VII LOVE TO GOD THE LAW OF LIFE Deut. vi. 4, 5

CHAPTER VIII EDUCATION MOSAIC VIEW Deut. vi. 6-25

CHAPTER IX THE BAN Deut. vii.

CHAPTER X THE BAN IN MODERN LIFE

CHAPTER XI THE BREAD OF THE SOUL Deut. viii.

CHAPTER XII ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deut. ix-xi.

CHAPTER XIII LAW AND RELIGION Deut. xii.-xxvi.

CHAPTER XIV LAWS OF SACRIFICE Deut. xii.

CHAPTER XV THE RELATION OF OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICE TO CHRISTIANITY

CHAPTER XVI LAWS AGAINST IDOLATROUS ACTS AND CUSTOMS Deut. xiii., xiv.

CHAPTER XVII THE SPEAKERS FOR GOD I. THE KING Deut. xvii. 14-20

CHAPTER XVIII SPEAKERS FOR GOD. II. THE PRIEST Deut. xviii. 1-8

CHAPTER XIX SPEAKERS FOR GOD III. THE PROPHET Deut. xviii. 9-22

CHAPTER XX THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE

CHAPTER XXI JUSTICE IN ISRAEL

CHAPTER XXII LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE)

CHAPTER XXIII LAWS OF KINDNESS

CHAPTER XXIV MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deut. iv. 1-40, xxvii.-xxx.

CHAPTER XXV THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A). The Song of Moses Deut. xxxii.

CHAPTER XXVI MOSES' CHARACTER AND DEATH

EDITED BY THE REV.
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
Editor of "The Expositor"

THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY

BY

ANDREW HARPER, B.D.

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1895

THE
BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY

BY THE REV.
ANDREW HARPER, B.D.
PROFESSOR OF HEBREW AND OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS, ORMOND COLLEGE
WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE

NEW YORK
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NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH
IN VERY GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
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