The Deuteronomic School: History, Social Setting, and Literature.The Deuteronomic School: History, Social Setting, and Literature. By Raymond F. Person Jr. (Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship". Membership is open to the public, including 7200 individuals from over 80 countries. , $29.95). Since the Masoretic text is later than the Septuagint, and the additions present in MT show deuteronomic traits, P. concludes that the Deuteronomic school remained active into the postexilic post·ex·il·ic also post·ex·il·i·an adj. Of or relating to the period of Jewish history following the Babylonian captivity (after 586 b.c.). Adj. 1. period. This school hoped that Zerubbabel would become king when the exiles returned, but they were disappointed. The deuteronomic school fizzled out when it lost favor after the mission of Ezra. P. believes that the deuteronomic school was active in the Babylonian exile Babylonian Exile or Babylonian Captivity Forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following Babylonian conquest of Judah in 598/597 and 587/586 BC. The first deportation may have occurred after King Jehoiachin was deposed in 597 BC or after Nebuchadrezzar and Persian period and had its origins in the bureaucracy of the monarchy. A final chapter compares the work of the deuteronomic school to other postexilic works such as Haggai, Zechariah, Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. RWK RWK Rework RWK Race War Kingdoms (online game) |
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