Ausloos Hans. The Deuteronomist's History. The Role of the Deuteronomist in Historical-Critical Research into Genesis-Numbers

Brill, 2016. — viii, 440 p. — (Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies, Volume: 67).In The Deuteronomist’s History, Hans Ausloos provides for the first time a detailed status question concerning the relationship between the books Genesis – Numbers and the so-called Deuteronom(ist)ic literature. After a presentation of the origins of the 18th and 19th-century hypothesis of a Deuteronomy (ist)ic redaction, specific attention is paid to the argumentation used during the last century. Particular interest also is paid to the concept of the proto-Deuteronomist and the mostly tentative approaches of the Deuteronomy (ist)ic ‘redaction’ of the Pentateuch during the last decades. The book concludes with a critical review and preview of the Deuteronom(IST)ic problem. Each phase in the Deuteronomist’s history is illustrated based on the epilogue of the Book of the Covenant (Exod. 23:20-33).