Sermon Tone Analysis

Deuteronomy

The conclusion of the Pentateuch - or the Torah, the books of the Law.

Deuteronomy: Second (repeated) Law though really is a big sermon about Law and our response to the grace that we are shown in it.

Hebrew title, ʾēlleh haddebārîm (“these are the words of”), conforms to the practice of taking the title from the first word or two of an OT book.

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Pentateuch, a term derived from the Greek pentateuchos, “five scrolls” (indicating that they were regarded as a discrete collection of books).

Although the term “law” (tôrâ) can refer to individual regulations, the Pentateuch, or the entire OT, it can also designate the book of Deuteronomy

some argue that moses didnt write.

now, i dont think he penned every word, though i simply trust he had a hand in the writing and compilation of it, because the word tells us he did.

someone may have been a scribe or euresis/ - someone that wrote what was quoted or chronicled and was approved by Moses (HS) for inclusion.

can i share with you - the more I look into and study such things as documentary and textual criticism, and there is a lot of it, the more I would encourage young pastors to be careful about depending too much upon academia and “training”.

Trust the calling to enable, that gift the Lord is displaying in you.

The Qumran manuscripts and fragments of Deuteronomy demonstrate the remarkable accuracy with which the text of Deuteronomy was transcribed over the centuries.

Portions of Deuteronomy were found in seven of the Qumran caves as well as three nearby locations (Masada, Murabaʿat, and Naḥal Hever).

The majority of the differences between the standard Hebrew text and the Qumran texts are minor in nature (orthography or grammar).

In one case (32:43) the Qumran text is longer than the MT.

also note: more importantly there are around 41 quotations of deut. in the NT by Jesus himself and the treats it as authoritative word.

A central and I think key theme is the Israelites reaction to the Law, much like we know of the words of jesus, Moses says in Deuteronomy 4:1–2 “Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

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the response to this grace? he says love and obedience.

Jesus said if you love me… (Jn 14:15)

also because he talks of his love through this: that he has done this because of love.

Note as well, this is the first mention of Gods “love” in direct action to us.

The Words of Moses

If more time, examine 3.