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Deuteronomy

The Bare Facts -- Overviews and Outlines --
Bible Studies: Whole Book -- Part of Book -- Thematic --
Sermons -- Bibliographies

  

What a sermon!  That's the response to Deuteronomy that jumps to my mind first.  Moses, after leading the twelve tribes around the wilderness for forty years and watching the entire generation of adults who had left Egypt die off, finds himself at the end of his career.  Before passing his staff over to Joshua, Moses takes one more chance to preach.

Liberal scholars tend to assume a later date for Deuteronomy, assuming this to be the book discovered in the temple during Josiah's reign.  While the book may have been re-discovered at that time, the consensus among the skeptics is that the priests discovered it by writing it. 

Left: "The Last Day of Moses," a 1998 painting by Phillip Ratner

The Bare Facts

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Memorable Passages

Overviews and Outlines

An Introduction to Deuteronomy
An outlined-overview by David Malick.
An Argument of the Book of Deuteronomy
One of David Malick's rhetorical outlines.
The Book of Deuteronomy
An Introduction and Overview by Dennis Bratcher.
Walking Through the Bible
An introduction by Windell Gann.  Three books for the price of one here.
About Bible Prophecy: Moses
A list and discussion of the prophecies and their fulfillments.  Created by a team of Catholics and Wisconsin-Synod Lutherans.
Bible Basics
A very brief list of facts, but it includes a wav file pronouncing the book's title.
Luther Productions
A very brief overview including key verses.
The Blue Letter Bible
An excellent source for text, cross-references, concordance, language helps, commentaries, and more.
Easton Bible Dictionary: Deuteronomy
The article from M.G. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Deuteronomy
The appropriate entry from the public domain edition of this venerable reference work.
Columbia Encyclopedia: Deuteronomy
A brief article from the 2001 edition of this reference work.
Bible Explained
This is a commentary by an energetic fellow named Ted Wade.  He provides brief notes on each chapter and most verses for the entire Bible.
The Book of Deuteronomy
A brief overview by Arend Remmers.
JPS Bible
The JPS 1917 Bible text and another Jewish version.  There are links that supposedly go to two Hebrew and one Aramaic text but they don't seem to work.
Jewish Encyclopedia
An article from the 1901-06 reference work.  Generally liberal in its critical presuppositions.
Moses
The website to accompany the BBC TV series.

Bible Studies: Whole Book

Israel's Covenant Renewal
The first lesson in Bob Deffinbaugh's 28-part series, From Creation to the Cross.
The Grace Institute: Deuteronomy
A well-rounded overview from a Eugene Oregon church.
Exploring the Word of God: Deuteronomy
A 9-part study from the Worldwide Church of God, a denomination with a checkered past but an exciting present.
Love the Lord Bible Studies: Deuteronomy
A 38-lesson study with questions from an Arkansas-based ministry.  They seem orthodox enough, although the statement of faith makes me wonder if they're not into prosperity gospel teachings.
Comments on the Book of Deuteronomy
A commentary by Leslie M. Grant.
The Most Quoted Book
An "Inspiring COmmentary" by Chuck Missler.
Geneva Notes
In 1599, English Puritans, working in Geneva, published the first study Bible.  These are the notes from that edition.
Coffman's Commentary
A verse-by-verse commentary by Dr. James Burton Coffman, a leading Church of Christ scholar.
Matthew Henry's Commentary
The chapter-by-chapter 1712 commentary by the great English Puritan writer..
John Wesley Notes
Over his career, the founder of Methodism maintained notes on the entire Bible.
JFB Commentary
The comments of Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown from Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871).
Clarke's Commentary
The first chapter for this book from Adam Clarke's nineteenth-century commentary.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
The commentary of the 17th century Baptist theologian and preacher.
Class Notes on Sacred History
An 1893 commentary by J.W. McGarvey.
Scofield Reference Notes
The notes from the 1917 edition of the great study Bible.  From a dispensationalist viewpoint.
Old Testament Life and Literature
Gerald Larue's 1968 overview of the Old Testament is, oddly enough, hosted at an atheist website.  Larue assumes a late date for Deuteronomy, a presupposition reflected in this chapter.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A combination brief commentary and thorough cross-reference.  Developed by R.A. Torrey.
David Guzik's Commentaries on the Bible
David Guzik, a former senior pastor at Clavary Chapel Simi Valley in California, provides a verse-by-verse commentary. Currently Guzik directs the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Siegen, Germany.
The Jerome Bible Commentary
A commentary by a Catholic doctor, Jerome Dominguez, M.D.  Is English isn't perfect, but you have to admire his energy.  Although Catholic in orientation, this source has some good material for study.
Navigating the Bible
This Jewish site has Hebrew and English text and many other features.  This page takes you to chapter one.  Commentary for the chapter is at the bottom of the page.
Class Notes on Sacred History
An 1893 commentary by J.W. McGarvey.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 1:38)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9
A set of notes by Ralph Klein of Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago.
Prayer, Failure, and the Desert (Deuteronomy 4:1-9)
A Jewish commentary by Dr. Mark Kirschbaum.
Luther's Little Instruction Book (Deuteronomy 5:7-21)
An extract from Luther's Small Catechism relating to the Ten Commandments.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 5:24)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Responsibilities of Fatherhood (Deuteronomy 6:1-19)
A study by J. Hampton Keathley, III.
Calvin on Deuteronomy 22:5-8
A sermon by John Calvin, preached in 1556.
The Via Negativa (Deut 26:5-10)
An article from Word and World by Jane E. Strohl.
On the Incarnation (Deuteronomy 28:66)
A treatise from the fourth-century St. Athanasius.
Faith in the Old Testament (Deut 30:9-20)
An article from Word and World by Mark Hillmer.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 32:5)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 32:9)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 33:27)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 33:27)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.
Morning and Evening (Deuteronomy 33:29)
One of C.H. Spurgeon's devotions.

Topics

Regal/Messianic Hope in Deuteronomy
A thematic study by Greg Herrick.

Sermons

Deuteronomy: The Law that Delivers
The appropriate sermon from Ray C. Stedman's Adventuring through the Bible series.
Alan Carr Sermons
We have links to 2 sermons here.
Guidelines for the Home
A six-sermon series from 1973 by Ray C. Stedman.
Max Forsythe--The Great Covenant
A series of 40 sermons from Christ Covenant Reformed (PCA).
Sermons on Deuteronomy by John Calvin Part 1 and Part 2
Links to two sermons, preached by Calvin in 1555.  On the Sabbath.
C.H. Spurgeon
A listing of sermons, some of which are available online, by the great British Baptist.
Sermon Outlines
Links to sermon outlines from SermonLinks.

Books and Bibliographies

Humanizing Moses
An article from Biblical Interpretation by Joel Cohen.
The Moses Myth: Beyond Biblical History
An article from Biblical Interpretation by Brian Britt.
Selected Bibliography on Deuteronomy
A number of evangelical sources assembled by David Malick.
Two-Age Bibliography
A list of recommended sources, mostly scholarly in nature, provided by a website devoted to the "Redemptive Historical" school of theology.