The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
25. Is There Such a Thing as a "Deuteronomistic History"?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
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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Biblical commentaries often mention the Deuteronomistic History, though such a designation is nowhere to be found in the Bible. This so-called history was invented in the wake of debates in Nazi Germany. Using it today is misleading.