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“You Shall Write on the Stones”: Deuteronomy 27 and the Inscribing of Ritual Curses (Society of Biblical Literature: San Diego, 2014)

Abstract

In Deut 27 Moses commands the elders of Israel, once they have crossed the Jordan and arrived at Mount Ebal, to erect large stones and write on them את–כל–דברי התורה הזאת “all the words of this torah.” I would like to begin by asking the question “What was written on the stones?” In the narrative, what formed the content envisioned in such an inscription? This question is important for the discussion of how chapter 27 fits into the broader compositional schema of Deuteronomy

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