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"Goodness like a fetter." The hymn "Come Thou Fount" reminds us
that God's laws were created to draw us closer to him. But reading
the law is intimidating. Deuteronomy is a long and ancient book
full of speeches and laws for a wandering people on the cusp of
entering a land filled with hostile nations. What could Deuteronomy
have to say for modern readers who face vastly different issues?
Invited to Know God shows that Deuteronomy is simply about knowing
God. The book is a divine portal, drawing people into the ancient
presence of God. To understand God better, we need to understand
Deuteronomy better. Rather than being a dusty book of ancient laws,
Deuteronomy calls those who love God to know Him better, choose the
path to life, and flourish under His loving wisdom and guidance.
God's laws bind our wandering hearts to him.
About the Contributor(s): A.J. Culp Assistant Professor of Old
Testament and Hebrew at Yellowstone Theological Institute.
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Puzzling Portraits (Hardcover)
A. J. Culp; Foreword by M.Daniel Carroll
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The Book of Deuteronomy characterizes memory as the key to
Israel’s covenantal loyalty and commands its cultivation in the
generations to come, and portrays itself as the foundation for this
ongoing memory program. For this reason, Deuteronomy is rightly
considered to be an ancient collective memory text. However, recent
scholarship has not focused on the book as a formative agent,
leaving fundamental questions about the book unanswered: Why does
Deuteronomy see memory as important in the first place? How does it
seek to cultivate this memory in the people? A. J. Culp answers
these questions by exploring Deuteronomy as a formative memory text
and bringing contemporary memory theory into dialogue with biblical
scholarship.Culp shows that Deuteronomy has tailored memory to its
unique theology and purposes, a fact that both illuminates puzzling
aspects of the text and challenges long-held views in scholarship,
such as those regarding aniconism.
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