دانلود کتاب Das Deuteronomium: Politische Theologie und Rechtsreform in Juda und Assyrien

This book is a synthesis and expansion of Otto’s earlier studies on the composition of Deuteronomic (=Dtn) law. What makes this book unique and important is the extent to which pre-Dtn materials are identified and used to reconstruct the basic form of Deuteronomy, which is assigned to the 7th century BCE. Thereby, Otto offers solutions to a number of longstanding problems of Dtn organization.With respect to biblical texts, Otto posits substantial dependency on the pre-exilic Covenant Code (=CC) in Exod 20-23 as he reconstructs it (236-238), and on laws found in Exod 34,18-26* (319-340). He also insists on dependency on extra-biblical sources, notably the Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon (=VTE) and the Middle Assyrian laws (=MAL). Dtn usage of the VTE is generally granted in biblical scholarship, but here Otto suggests that prior to the composition of Deuteronomy a loyalty oath based on the VTE was composed in Judah to counter Assyrian hegemony and its implicit diminution of the status of YHWH. This loyalty oath was subsequently incorporated into what is now Deut 13 and 28 (57-68). The MAL are supposed to have left several marks on the composition of Deuteronomy. Otto claims they affected a collection of pre-Dtn family laws (cf. MAL A §12-16 and Deut 22,22-29) composed in the 8th or 7th cent (216). Contents of the MAL also had a direct influence on the Dtn layer (cf. MAL A §8 and Deut 25,11-12). There is also a common redactional agenda: Deuteronomy follows the MAL as a reform document with legal and ethical consequences (202).