THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE SONG OF MOSES (DEUTERONOMY 32:1-43)

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Thiessen, Matthew | Copyright information

G. Ernest Wright has argued in "The Lawsuit of God: A Form-Critical Study of Deuteronomy 32" that the genre of the Song of Moses is that of a "covenant lawsuit" or rib.l This argument has been highly influential in subsequent research on the Song and is almost taken for granted by many now.2 But not all have followed Wright s analysis. A number of criticisms have been leveled, and it has instead been argued that the Song belongs to the sphere of wisdom literature.3 In this article, I will exa...

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