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Deuteronomy (review)

Hebrew Studies 36 (1995) 174 Reviews These criticisms, however. are offered as a means for putting this commentary in a scholarly context. They should not detract from the conclusion that Milgrom has presented the English reading public with a major and nuanced work on a pivotal book of the Hebrew Bible. It belongs in the library of anyone interested in Torah. Carl S. Ehrlich HochschulefUr liidische Sludien Heidelberg GERMANY DEUTERONOMY. By Eugene H. Merrill. The New American Bible Commentary. Vol. 4. Pp. 477. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994. Cloth, $27.99. This commentary is a contribution to the New American Commentary Series. which is theologically conservative ("unapologetically confessional and rooted in the evangelical tradition"), based on the New International Version and designed to replace a similar set of commentaries published at the end of the last century. The primary aim of the series is to serve the Christian Church by providing it with a practical resource for biblical interpretation . I consider Merrill's contribution to have achieved this aim. In many ways his commentary follows the standard set by Peter Craigie. who blazed a trail for opponents of the contemporary scholarly consensus almost two decades ago in arguing for the "heterodox" position of an essentially Mosaic authorship-an irony that was certainly not lost on that outstanding biblical scholar. Merrill not only follows Craigie in form and content but also in spirit as he ironically interacts with many scholars who hold quite different perspectives on theological, historical. and exegetical matters. The commentary is generally well organized and well written. There are quite a number of excellent theological insights that reward the reader. In keeping with the aim of the book. the reader is not burdened with a large quantity of secondary sources. Yet it is clear that Merrill does not write in a vacuum either. as he is generally very much aware of significant contributions by scholars to the relevant issues he discusses. A number of scholars who would not share his theological perspective have strongly influenced his understanding of the arrangement of the laws. namely Braulik. Hebrew Studies 36 (1995) 175 Reviews Kaufmann, and Rofe, with their distinctive versions of the view that the sequence of laws in chapters 12-26 is based on the sequence of the decalogue. One of the major strengths of this volume is its clarity and simplicity and the author's unwillingness to engage in polemical dialogue with those who hold quite different views. His reflection on the meaning of Moses' death when the aged leader has undiminished physical capacities is one example of this strength. Instead of focusing attention on the apologetic problem of the authorship of this account, Merrill discusses the meaning of the death: the elderly leader did not fail to enter Canaan because he died; rather he died because he did not enter Canaan. Secondly, in the discussion of the so-called historical credo and Von Rad's view that the Sinai covenant was not an original part of the earliest Israelite experience, Merrill does not get bogged down in the vast quantity of scholarly writing that is devoted to this subject but gets to the heart of the issue: the rhetorical situation of the text determines its content ("the emphasis...is on the deliverance of the one nation from one land (Egypt) to another (Canaan), a fact that requires no mention of Sinai and the covenant"). Merrill also endeavors to understand the final form of the text. Consequently chapter 27 cannot be written off as an extraneous source (a desperate measure?) incompatible with chapter 12 and its stress on the central sanctuary. Following in part the views of A. C. Welch and more recently of Gordon Wenham and Jeffrey Nieuhaus, the author argues that reading "Jerusalem" as the location for the central sanctuary is neither required nor desired. It is rather the result of seeing the text through the spectacles of the dominant paradigm in Deuteronomic interpretation for the last century. But in fact, from the earliest times a central sanctuary-the location of the ark-shifted from place to place. and this never invalidated the erection of altars for special purposes and on special occasions before the ark...

Book Review: I. Faculty: Acts, the New American Commentary

Book Review: I. Faculty: Acts, the New American Commentary

Acts: The New American Commentary, Vol. 26; By John B. Polhill Nashville, Broadman, 1992. 574 pp. $24.95

Acts: The New American Commentary, Vol. 26; <i>By John B. Polhill</i> Nashville, Broadman, 1992. 574 pp. $24.95

Luke: The New American Commentary, Vol. 24; By Robert H. Stein Nashville, Broadman, 1992. 642 pp. $24.95

Luke: The New American Commentary, Vol. 24; <i>By Robert H. Stein</i> Nashville, Broadman, 1992. 642 pp. $24.95

Mark: The New American Commentary, Vol. 23; By James A. Brooks Nashville, Broadman, 1991. 288 pp. $19.95

Mark: The New American Commentary, Vol. 23; <i>By James A. Brooks</i> Nashville, Broadman, 1991. 288 pp. $19.95

Philippians, Colossians, Philemon: The New American Commentary, Vol. 32; By Richard R. Melick, Jr. Nashville, Broadman, 1991. 384 pp. $22.95

Philippians, Colossians, Philemon: The New American Commentary, Vol. 32; <i>By Richard R. Melick, Jr</i>. Nashville, Broadman, 1991. 384 pp. $22.95

Flowcharts for Biaxial Bending in R/C Tied Columns

Flowcharts are presented for the analysis and design of biaxially and uniaxially loaded, reinforced‐concrete, tied columns in accordance with the “moment magnification method” of ACI 318‐83, section 10.11. Nonslender and slender columns in braced and unbraced frames are considered. The case of “appreciable” sway due to gravity loads in unbraced frames is also considered. The flowcharts can be used as step by step guides for manual computations or for coding subroutines in a computer program. The charts can easily be modified for any cross section shape and for other national or international codes. Where the wording of the American Concrete Institute code and commentary appears unclear, its intent is explored, discussed, and followed.

Sovieticus: American Perceptions and Soviet Realities

Gorbachev, dissidents, and Cold War perils are some of the topics discussed in this book that provides the historical context and informed analysis so often lacking in American commentary on Soviet affairs today.

Soviet Views on the Interrelation of Diplomacy and Military Strategy

The close interrelationship between politics and war, between state policy and the employment of military means, is generally well recognized. Soviet leaders, beginning with Lenin's careful study of Clausewitz and enthusiastic endorsement of the famous maxim that war is a continuation of politics only by other means (injecting his own concept of politics), have been especially aware of the interconnection. This is important, although few maxims are so oft quoted and so little understood as this one of Clausewitzin American usage, in Soviet usage, and in much of the American commentary on the Soviet view. ' Over the past decade, the usually dreary and pedestrian Soviet discussion of political-military problems has been enlivened by the appearance of a number of sophisticated, high-caliber analytical studies, exemplified by such collaborative works as Military Power and International Relations and International Conflicts by political and military analysts of the Academy of Sciences Institutes studying international politics.2 The main source for the present discussion,

The Revolution in Intellectual Work

About two years ago two Soviet journalists surveyed the prospects of science as seen by Russia's leading scientists and reported their findings in a semi-popular book, Today and Tomorrow in Russian Science. This selection was translated from an Italian edition of the book, L'oggi e il Domani della Scienze in Russia (Milan: Aldo Martello, 1959). The authors outline some of the consequences of electronic computers and related devices, as suggested by S. A. Lebedew of the Soviet Academy of Science. In addition to mathematical and statistical uses, computers will have extensive applica tions in industry and in the retrieval and transmission of information. Man's intelligence will remain superor but, in effect, the devices will revolutionize mental work. The set of ideas closely parallels American commentary on the subject over the past decade.

Ezekiel: An American Commentary on the Old Testament. I. G. Matthews

<i>Ezekiel: An American Commentary on the Old Testament</i>. I. G. Matthews

An American Commentary on the Old Testament. W. J. McGlothlin

Previous articleNext article No AccessRecent BooksAn American Commentary on the Old Testament. W. J. McGlothlin W. C. GrahamW. C. Graham Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Religion Volume 16, Number 2Apr., 1936 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/481826 Views: 1Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

An American Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. Charles Rufus Brown

Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsAn American Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah. Charles Rufus Brown Edward L. CurtisEdward L. Curtis Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 31, Number 5May, 1908 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/474054 Views: 46 Journal History This article was published in The Biblical World (1893-1920), which is continued by The American Journal of Theology (1897-1920). PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Book Review: I. Old Testament: An American Commentary on the Old Testament

Book Review: I. Old Testament: An American Commentary on the Old Testament

Book Review: II. Old Testament: An American Commentary on the Old Testament, the Book of Job, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, the Song of Songs

Book Review: II. Old Testament: An American Commentary on the Old Testament, the Book of Job, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, the Song of Songs

Some Recent Old Testament LiteratureA Primer of Hebrew. Charles Prospero FagnaniThe Note-Line in the Hebrew Scriptures, Commonly Called Pâsēq, or Pesîq. James KennedyCritica Biblica. Part IV, "First and Second Kings". T. K. CheyneAmerican Commentary on the Old Testament: Job. J. T. MarshallMessages of the Psalmists. John E. McFadyenLes Psaumes. M. B. D'EyraguesThe Titles of the Psalms: Their Nature and Meaning

Previous articleNext article FreeRecent Theological LiteratureSome Recent Old Testament Literature A Primer of Hebrew. Charles Prospero Fagnani The Note-Line in the Hebrew Scriptures, Commonly Called Pâsēq, or Pesîq . James Kennedy Critica Biblica. Part IV, "First and Second Kings". T. K. Cheyne American Commentary on the Old Testament: Job. J. T. Marshall Messages of the Psalmists. John E. McFadyen Les Psaumes. M. B. D'Eyragues The Titles of the Psalms: Their Nature and Meaning Explained. James William Thirtle American Commentary on the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes. J. T. Marshall The Words of Koheleth. John Franklin Genung Die Bedeutung der Sprüche Jesu Ben Sira für die Datierung des alt-hebräischen Spruchbuches . Konrad Gasser Quellen und Forschungen zur alten Geschichte und Geographie. W. Sieglin Early Hebrew Story: Its Historical Background. John P. Peters Geschichte des Volkes Israel. Hermann Guthe Die Gesetzschrift des Königs Josia: Eine kritische Untersuchung . D. S. A. Fries Das Alte Testament im Lichte des alten Orients: Handbuch zur biblischorientalischen Altertumskunde. Alfred Jeremias Babylonisch-Assyrische Texte. Carl Bezold Keilinschriften und Bibel, nach ihrem religionsgeschichtlichen Zusammenhang: Ein Leitfaden zur Orientirung im sog. Babel-Bibel-Streit. Heinrich Zimmern Die Babel-Bibel-Frage und die wissenschaftliche Methode. Zugleich Kritik von Delitszch's IIIter Babel-Bibel-Schrift. Eduard König Theologie und Assyriologie im Streite um Babel und Bibel. Otto Weber Moses und Hammurabi. Johannes Jeremias Musik und Musikinstrumente im Alten Testament. Hugo Gressmann Sacred Music among the Ancient Hebrews and in the Christian Church. T. Witton Davies The Problem of Suffering in the Old Testament. Arthur S. Peake The Complete Bible in Modern English. Farror Fenton George S. Goodspeed, Ira M. Price, and Herbert L. WillettGeorge S. Goodspeed Search for more articles by this author , Ira M. Price Search for more articles by this author , and Herbert L. Willett Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 9, Number 1Jan., 1905 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/478516 Views: 95 Journal History This article was published in The American Journal of Theology (1897-1920), which is continued by The Journal of Religion (1921-present). Copyright 1905 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

A Commentary on HebrewsAn American Commentary on the New Testament. A. Hovey , A. C. Kendrick

Previous articleNext article FreeBook NoticesA Commentary on Hebrews An American Commentary on the New Testament. A. Hovey , A. C. Kendrick PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 10, Number 2Feb., 1890 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/470407 Views: 1 Journal History This article was published in The Old and New Testament Student (1889-1892), which is continued by The Biblical World (1893-1920). PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Catholic EpistlesAn American Commentary on the New Testament. Alvah Hovey , E. T. Winkler , N. M. Williams , H. A. Sawtelle , N. M. Williams

Previous articleNext article FreeBook NoticesThe Catholic Epistles An American Commentary on the New Testament. Alvah Hovey , E. T. Winkler , N. M. Williams , H. A. Sawtelle , N. M. Williams PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 9, Number 6Dec., 1889 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/470361 Views: 125Total views on this site Journal History This article was published in The Old and New Testament Student (1889-1892), which is continued by The Biblical World (1893-1920). PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.