The Book Of Deuteronomy Paper

The Book of Deuteronomy is one of the most important books in the bible. It contains calls to obedience, commitments, and laws concerning many topics. The Book of Deuteronomy is found in the Old Testament and is the fifth book in the Torah. The contents in Deuteronomy are very important and are applied to everyday life. The author of the book of Deuteronomy has been argued several times throughout history. Some believe that the author is Moses, while others believe that it was written by a historian. Daniel Block and Jack R. Lundborn have written commentary on their beliefs as well as several historians about who the author is. In this paper I will discuss the many views of the authorship as well as how they relate to the views of these writers. I will then explain the reasoning on my belief of the Deuteronomistic Historian authorship by providing evidence given by various scholars.
Some of them included W.M.L. De Wette, Julis Wellhausen, Martin Nth, S.R. Driver, Gerhard von Rad, and Moshe Weinfeld. All of their views are included in Daniel Block and Jack R. Lundorn’s papers. WM.L. De Wette believed that “Deuteronomy was the lawbook found in the temple during the reign of King Josiah” (Lundbom 6). This supports Wette’s theory of an author besides Moses, since it was believed that the book of Deuteronomy was found shortly after it was written (6). Because of Wetter’s theory, many other scholars began to adopt it because of the evidence he gathered. The date of Deuteronomy caused confusion.Wellhausen and S.R. Driver led to the development of the timeline. Because of them, “a seventh-century date for Deuteronomy is now widely accepted” (7). This is time of the reign of Manasseh, which is not aligned with