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Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion

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Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion

Carly Crouch, "Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion"
2014 | ISBN-10: 1628370254, 1628370270 | 234 pages | PDF | 2 MB

INTRODUCTION
The origins and purpose of the book of Deuteronomy remain, despite significant progress in the two centuries since de Wette, two of the most
contested points in biblical scholarship. A prominent feature of attempts to ground the deuteronomic text in a historical context over the last half
century has been the observation of certain affinities between Deuteronomy and ancient Near Eastern vassal treaties and loyalty oaths.
More specifically, it has been suggested that the book of Deuteronomy, in some more or less original form, constituted a subversive appropriation of Neo-Assyrian imperial ideology in favor of a Yahwistic theocentricity: a text deliberately designed to undermine the authority of the Assyrian king by planting YHWH in his stead. The prevalence of this assertion has its roots in the widespread recognition of similarities between elements of Deuteronomy, especially chapters 13 and 28, and Assyrian vassal treaties and loyalty oaths, with a particular focus on the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, commonly referred to as VTE.1 The idea that there are extensive allusions to VTE in Deuteronomy has
become a persistent element in discussions regarding the origins and purpose of the book…