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, $29.95). Since the Masoretic text is later than the Septuagint Septuagint (sĕp`ty  əjĭnt) [Lat.,=70], oldest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made by Hellenistic Jews, possibly from Alexandria, c.250 B.C., and the additions present in MT show deuteronomic traits, P. concludes that the Deuteronomic school remained active into the postexilic period. This school hoped that Zerubbabel Zerubbabel (zērŭb`əbəl) [Heb.,=seed of Babylon], in the Bible, a grandson of King Jehoiachin (exiled in 597 B.C.) and governor of Jerusalem. He led a company returning from exile in c.520 B.C. under patronage of the Persian King Darius. 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 Ezra, persons in the BibleEzra, in the Bible.1 Central figure of the book of Ezra. 2 Priest who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezra, book of the BibleEzra, book of the Bible, combined with Nehemiah 1 Central figure of the Book of Nehemiah: see Ezra.2 One who returned from the Exile. 3 Worker on the wall. Nehemiah, book of the BibleNehemiah, originally combined with Ezra to form a single book in the Hebrew canon. In the Septuagint, Ezra and Nehemiah are combined as Second Esdras. The book narrates the return to Jerusalem of Nehemiah, the cup-bearer of Persian King Artaxerxes I, as governor of the city-state. in the Septuagint to form the book 2 Esdras. In the Vulgate, Ezra and Nehemiah are called 1 and 2 Esdras respectively.. P. believes that the deuteronomic school was active in the Babylonian exile 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 Haggai (hăg`āī), prophetic book of the Bible. Dated 520 B.C., it is a collection of five oracles addressed to Jews, newly returned from the Babylonian exile., Zechariah 1 Prophet and author of the book of Zechariah.2 Prophet who, with the connivance of King Jehoash, was stoned to death for his public rebuke of idolatry. In the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke it is apparently this martyred Zechariah (NT Zacharias) to whom Jesus referred. See also Berechiah (7.) 3 Prophet in the reign of Uzziah. 4 King, the same as Zachariah (1., Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. RWK RWK - Rework |
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