Pragmatic, Utopian and Dystopian Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy - Outside the Box - Diana V. Edelman

Philippe Guillaume [+-]
University of Berne
Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).

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The oft-repeated view of Deuteronomy’s humanitarianism consequently gave rise to the the notion that some of its laws are devoid of practical application and depict instead a utopia. building upon the demonstration of the economic realism of Deuteronomy’s laws in chapter 6 in this volume, this chapter nevertheless identifies some utopian as well as dystopian elements, ascribing them to different groups.

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Guillaume, Philippe. Pragmatic, Utopian and Dystopian Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy - Outside the Box. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 320-334 Nov 2024. ISBN 9781800506121. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=44611. Date accessed: 21 Nov 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.44611. Nov 2024

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