Deuteronomy

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: Sanchez, Steven H | Copyright information

Deuteronomy. By J. G. McConville. Apollos Old Testament Commentary 5. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002, 544 pp., $35.00.

J. G. McConville suggests that Deuteronomy "should be seen, in the context of the ancient world, as a radical blueprint for the life of a people, at the same time spiritual and political, and running counter to every other social-political-religious programme" (p. 21). His new volume in the Apollos Old Testament Commentary is a noble defense of that thesis. Arguing ...

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