Barrick, The Authorship of Deuteronomy 34
ETS Annual Meeting, November 14-16, 2001
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[1]
So from the plains of Moab Moses ascended Mount Nebo, the summit of
Pisgah, that was opposite Jericho. Then Yahweh showed him all the land: Gilead as far as
Dan,
[2]
all of Naphtali, the region of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the region of Judah as
far as the Western Sea,
[3]
the Negev, and the Kikkar [the Ghor] in the valley of Jericho,
the city of palms, as far as Zoar.
[4]
Thus Yahweh said to him, "This is the land that I
swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: `I will give it to your descendants.' This is the land
that I showed you in your own sight, but you shall not go over there."
hðe$om la(íaYáw 34.1
übf)Om tÜob:ra(×"m
hêfG:siPah $)orù
Oêbºn rØah-le)
14
Verse initial: Exod 24:15. Verse medial: Exod 24:13. Verse final: Exod 19:20.
15
With
b preposition instead of }im: Num 22:1; 26:3, 63; 33:48, 49, 50; 35:1; 36:13; Deut 34:8. With le):
Num 31:12.
16
Num 21:20; 23:14; Deut 3:27(
hèfG:siPah $)Øor úhØ"lA(; note the employment of the same verb as 34:1--
which is the fulfillment of the command given in 3:27; cf. 32:49 in fn 17, below). Without
$)or: Deut 3:17
and 4:49 (
hfG:siPah toD:$a) taxÖaT in both verses). Deut 34:1 is the only occurrence of the two place names
(
Obºn and hfG:siPah) together.
17
Cf.
;O×bºn yÛ"n:pil {yÙirfbA(fh yÛ"rfh:B UÖnAxáY×aw (Num 33:47). Deut 34:1 is the record of obedience to
Yahweh's command in 32:49 --
bêf)Om jerØe):B üre$A) Oèbºn-rah hðeZah {yíirfbA(fh ûrah-le) hä"lA( (note
the employment of the same verb collocated with the same preposition).
18
The exact phrase is found in Deut 32:49 immediately following the clause cited in fn 17, above.
Ox"rºy }"D:ráy is governed by the l preposition in Num 22:1; 34:15. The same phrase is governed by la( in
26:3, 63; 31:12; 33:48, 50; 35:1.
19
df(:liGah-te)-- Num 32:40; Deut 3:15. df(:liG jerØe)-te)(ºw)-- Num 32:1, 29. df(:liGah-lfkºw-- Deut
3:10.
df(:liGah retíeyºw-- Deut 3:13. hfdf(:liG-- Num 32:39. df(:liGaB-- Deut 4:43. df(:liGah-da(ºw-- Deut
2:36.
df(:liGim-- Gen 37:25; df(:liGah-}im-- Deut 3:16. df(:liGah rah-- Gen 31:21, 23, 25; Deut 3:12.
df(:liGah y"rf(:B-- Num 32:26. Personal name: Num 26:29 (2x), 30; 27:1; 36:1.
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The Hiphil of
h)r with deity as the subject is found as follows: Gen 41:28 (subject, {yiholE)fh; direct
object, "what God is about to do"; indirect object,
ho(:raP-te)); 48:11 (subject, {yiholE); object, Joseph's
offspring; indirect object,
yito) = Jacob/Israel); Exod 27:8 (subject, by context is understood to be hwhy,
the one speaking [25:1]; direct object, the design for the Tabernacle's bronze altar; indirect object,
!:to) =
Moses); Num 8:4 (subject,
hwhy; direct object, the design for the Tabernacle's menorah; indirect object,
he$om); 23:3 (subject, hwhy; direct object, ham ["whatever"]; indirect object, 1cs pronominal suffix
referring to Balaam); Deut 4:36 (subject,
hwhy; direct object, hflOd:Gah O<i)-te); indirect object, 2ms
pronominal suffix referring to the nation of Israel); 5:24 (subject,
hwhy; direct object, -te)ºw Odob:K-te)
Ol:dfG; indirect object, 1cpl pronominal suffix referring to the people of Israel). The same basic vocabulary
is utilized to talk about the same event in Num 27:12 (
rÛah-le) hÖ"lA( hêe$om-le) ühæwhºy rem)ÜoYáw
;l×")fr:&éy yÛ"n:bil yiTÙatæn rÛe$A) jerêf)fh-te) üh"):rU hÕeZah {yÙirfbA(fh -- "So Yahweh said to Moses,
`Ascend this Mount Abarim and see the land that I will give to the Israelites'"). See, also, Gen 13:14-15.