Abstract
Abstract This study concludes that the Book of Deuteronomy holds a rather negative view of prophecy. Deut 13 is more concerned with the problem of prophetic counseling of idolatry than It is with prophecy as such. Deut 18,9–14; 18,15–19, and 18,20–22 represent three disparate segments of texts which deal with quite different themes without any logically necessary sequence. These texts, consequently, do not constitute any prophetic law similar to what we may find with regard to other “official” figures (judges, kings, priests). Deut 18,15–19 does not legitimize a prophetic movement which traces its office back to Moses, and according to which prophets will appear within the mosaic traditions at regular intervals. Rather the “prophet like Moses” is Joshua, the successor of Moses. The article stresses the importance of Moses as the great prophet in Deuteronomy and the view that the contents of Deuteronomy represent the revelation of the final will of God to the prophet Moses.
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