Page 1 of 7 Original Research The Deuteronomic view of history in Second Temple Judaism Authors: The Babylonian Exile was a historical catalyst compelling Jewish authors of the Second 1 Ananda Geyser-Fouche Temple period to deal with their respective situations in the course of history according to – Young Namgung1 or against – various predicaments from which they suffered in an unprecedented manner. Affiliations: Second Temple Jews were faced with the most fundamental uneasiness: it seemed that God 1 Department of Old abandoned his people owing to their breaking of the covenant. Therefore, it was important Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, to reconceptualise their worldview into which creation, history, and covenant could be University of Pretoria, incorporated and which could vouchsafe the ongoing relationship with God to their Pretoria, South Africa respective situations. Corresponding author: Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: In this article, the worldview of Ananda Geyser-Fouche, Second Temple Judaism is reflected on by observing how different communities in Second
[email protected] Temple Judaism engaged the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 31–32. This article focusses on Dates: the interpretations of this passage in Second Temple Judaism, with specific reference to selected Received: 17 Sept. 2017 texts from Qumran, Tobit, the Testament of Moses, Philo, Josephus and Sifre Deuteronomy. Accepted: 11 Dec. 2018 Implicated disciplines are Old Testament studies, Apocryphal studies, Dead Sea Scroll studies Published: 30 May 2019 and New Testament studies. How to cite this article: Geyser-Fouche, A. & Keywords: Second Temple Judaism; exile; worldview; the Deuteronomic view of history; Namgung, Y., 2019, ‘The Qumran; Tobit; Song of Moses; Testament of Moses; Philo; Josephus; Sifre Deuteronomy.