The moniker “Deuteronomistic History” (DH) is most often meant to refer to the work of M. Noth, a German theologian and Hebrew scholar who first conceived the theory in 1943. Under the assumption of the DH, the Book of Deuteronomy is not actually part of the Pentateuch, as is traditionally believed. Rather, it is an introductory work, of sorts, to a larger corpus of Scripture that encompasses all of the biblical material through the end of 2 Kings. In his studies, Noth determined that the correlations between the books of Deuteronomy through 2 Kings were indicative of a “single literary complex” formulated by a single editor who reassembled older material with a “singular theology and intent.”
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On misunderstanding Deuteronomistic History.
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The moniker “Deuteronomistic History” (DH) is most often meant to refer to the work of M. Noth, a German theologian and Hebrew scholar who first conceived the theory in 1943. Under the assumption of the DH, the Book of Deuteronomy is not actually part of the Pentateuch, as is traditionally believed. Rather, it is an introductory work, of sorts, to a larger corpus of Scripture that encompasses all of the biblical material through the end of 2 Kings. In his studies, Noth determined that the correlations between the books of Deuteronomy through 2 Kings were indicative of a “single literary complex” formulated by a single editor who reassembled older material with a “singular theology and intent.”