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The Best Commentaries 1
More Commentaries 4
The Early Church 1
Jewish 2
Chapters in Deuteronomy
The Authenticity of Deuteronomy 2
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The Best Commentaries on Deuteronomy
“So few expositions have been written upon Deuteronomy alone, the reader will do well to use the Commentaries upon the Pentateuch and the whole Old Testament.”
Spurgeon
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Calvin, John – Sermons on Deuteronomy d. 1564
*** – ‘This is not the same as that which is contained in the “Calvin Translation Society’s Commentaries.” Everything that Calvin wrote by way of exposition is priceless; even those who differ from him in theology admit this.’ – Spurgeon
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More Commentaries
Devotional and Practical
Cumming, John – Sabbath Morning Readings on the Old Testament: Book of Deuteronomy Buy 1856
** “Pretty, popular, profitable.” – Spurgeon
“And to show that the Old Testament can be preached and is relevant to our lives today, John Cumming (1807-1881), Scottish born preacher and, for many years minister of the National Scottish Church, London, expounds Moses’ last treatises with an unction that was characteristic of all that was best in the era in which he lived.”
– Cyril J. Barber, the founder of Klock & Klock Publishing, which reprinted this work. Most of what K&K reprinted is gold.
Medium Level
Reformer
Luther, Martin – Lectures on Deuteronomy Buy in Works, vol. 9
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1800’s
Bush, George – Scripture Questions Designed Principally for Adult Bible Classes: Deut.-Esther 9 pp.
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1900’s
Kline, Meredith – Treaty of the Great King: The Covenant Structure of Deuteronomy Buy 1963
Should be read with caution.
‘Bold, original, and suggestive study by a Semetic scholar who uses the tools of form-criticism in his analysis of Deuteronomy in an endeavor to exemplify the structural outline of the suzerainty treaties of the second millennium.’ – Cyril J. Barber
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The Early Church on Deuteronomy
Compilation
Lienhard, Joseph – Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Buy
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A Jewish Commentary
Ibn Ezra – Commentary on Deuteronomy HTML in English
Reider, J. – Deuteronomy Buy 1937
‘Written from a conservative Jewish point of view. Ably expounds the final messages Moses delivered to the children of Israel.’ – Cyril J. Barber
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Chapters in Deuteronomy
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Deut. 4
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 4th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 5
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 5th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 6
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 6th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 7
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 7th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 8
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 8th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 9
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 9th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 12
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 12th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 13
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 13th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 16
Cooper, Thomas – The Exposition upon the 16th Chapter of Deuteronomy in A Brief Exposition of such Chapters of the Old Testament as Usually are Read in the Church at Common Prayer on the Sundays d. 1594 English reformer
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Deut. 27-28
Calvin, John – The Covenant Enforced: Sermons on Deut. 27-28 ed. James B. Jordan (Tyler, TX: Insitute for Christian Economics, 1990) 320 pp.
“John Calvin preached through the book of Deuteronomy on weekdays from March, 1555, to July, 1556. In all, he preached 200 sermons, expounding the book in detail and making applications to the social and political life of Geneva, as well as to the personal lives of her citizens. The fifteen sermons selected here have not been seen in English since they were first translated and published in 1583. In this volume, editor James B. Jordan has revised Arthur Golding’s translation into modern English, making Calvin’s words come alive with renewed impact.”
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Deut. 32
Proto-Reformer
Wycliff, John – ‘The Song of Moses’ in Select English Works of John Wycliff, vol. 3, part 1, p. 32-48
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The Authenticity of Deuteronomy
Stuart, Alexander Moody – Our Old Bible: Moses on the Plains of Moab n.d.
Stuart was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland.
Vos, Geerhardus – ‘Unity of Deuteronomy and the Laws of the Intermediate Books’ 1886 14 pp. being ch. 13 of The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes
Vos (1862-1949) was one of the last conservative theologians at Old Princeton, and is known as the father of reformed Biblical Theology.
See also works on the Authenticity of the Pentateuch.
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