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The Book of Deuteronomy
(The New International Commentary on the Old Testament)
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Craigie's study on the Book of Deuteronomy is part of The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
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Hardcover, 424 pages
Published
August 12th 1976
by Eerdmans
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Excellent book - not too technical, but still quite rigorous. Craigie is an unapologetic believer, and this helps him clear away the underbrush of much inventive scholarship to focus on the text itself. After a very helpful introduction to the book as a whole (composition, date, authorship, theology, etc) Craigie translates and comments section by section. He reminds us that Deuteronomy should be read not as if it were a legal code, but rather a father's rules for his sons. As the covenant chart
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Kinda boring. Decent surface level exposition of the book but doesn't explore beyond it. Would rather have read Calvin prolly.
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This was a great commentary that helped provided excellent historical insight and point to how Deuteronomy fits into the larger scheme of scripture. I was leading a men's study on chapters 1-11, so I did not finish this cover to cover.
For those of you that think the Old Testament is no longer relative on this side of the cross, please read Deuteronomy remembering that God first redeemed the people to himself, provided for them, and brought them to the edge of the land promising them victory. Th ...more
For those of you that think the Old Testament is no longer relative on this side of the cross, please read Deuteronomy remembering that God first redeemed the people to himself, provided for them, and brought them to the edge of the land promising them victory. Th ...more

This was a good workmanlike commentary with a focus on exegesis. It was very concise, though perhaps a bit too brief in some areas. I found it to have good depth historically with discussion of ancient near east parallels and also linguistically with discussion of the Hebrew translation issues. The writing is very clear and on the whole covers the book very well. There is some limited discussion of theology and application which I think could have been expanded upon for certain topics. I will be
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Peter Craigie's commentary on Deuteronomy is a fine work, and helpful in all the right ways. He is at the same time succinct and yet beneficially so, something few commentators seem to manage. He leaves expanding on the text to other more loquacious commentators, and simply get's to the pith of what each verse/section is saying, providing useful historical/contextual insights along the way. Anyone studying or teaching through Deuteronomy would do well to consult this commentary.
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A precise commentary getting to the meaning of the text. Notable for it's brevity. I aim to have three to four commentaries per book of the Bible. I would make Craigie one of my tools for Deuteronomy.
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