ABADIE, Philippe, O Livro das Crônicas, traduzido do francês por M. Cecília M. Duprat, São Paulo, Paulus, 1998, 79 pp.

ABADIE, Philippe, O Livro de Esdras e de Neemias, traduzido do francês por José Maria da Costa Villar, São Paulo, Paulus, 1998, 80 pp.

No século IV antes de Jesus, os levitas de Jerusalém exprimem as grandes convicções de sua pregação: apelo à conversão, responsabilidade pessoal na fidelidade à Aliança, alegria na presença de Deus nas liturgias do Templo. A leitura de O Livro das Crônicas mostra todo o interesse da reinterpretação feita pelo Cronista da história de Davi, de Salomão e dos outros reis. Já os livros de Esdras e Neemias são preciosos como documentos sobre o período em que o judaísmo se construiu em torno do Templo de Jerusalém e da Lei. Em O Livro de Esdras e Neemias, este jovem biblista francês levanta questões importantes: qual a relação entre Esdras e o Pentateuco? Por que a proibição dos casamentos mistos? Qual a importância de Jerusalém e de seu Templo nesta época da reconstrução pós-exílica?

LAMADRID, Antonio González, As Tradições Históricas de Israel. Introdução à História do Antigo Testamento, traduzido do espanhol por José Maria de Almeida, Petrópolis, Vozes, 1999, 238 pp.

Neste livro o autor aborda duas histórias gerais, que são a História Deuteronomista (Josué, Juízes, os dois livros de Samuel e os dois livros dos Reis) e a História do Cronista (os dois livros das Crônicas, Esdras e Neemias); duas histórias monográficas (1 Macabeus e 2 Macabeus); quatro histórias exemplares (Tobias, Judite, Ester e Rute); cinco visões histórico-apocalípticas (Daniel).

STORNIOLO, Ivo, Como Ler o Livro de Josué. Terra = Vida. Dom de Deus e Conquista do Povo, São Paulo, Paulus, 1992, 48 pp.

O autor deuteronomista escreveu o livro de Josué para um povo sem terra, ou melhor, um povo que havia perdido a própria terra e, conseqüentemente, tudo o que a ela estava ligado: liberdade e organização econômica, política, social e ideológica. Os leitores pertenciam a um povo que, no exílio, encontrava-se na situação de escravo da Babilônia. Era a mesma situação que, no passado, o povo tinha experimentado no Egito e em Canaã.

DE PURY, Albert, RÖMER, Thomas & MACCHI, Jean-Daniel (eds.), Israel Constructs Its History: Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press, 2000, 573 pp. Original francês: Israël construit son histoire: l’historiographie deutéronomiste à la lumière des recherches récentes. Genève: Labor et Fides, 1996, 535 p.

There is no consensus when the Deuteronomistic History was edited: under Josiah, during the exile or even later? And what was the intention of its redactors? Can we rely on the so-called 'Deuteronomistic History' for the reconstruction of the Israelite history? This volume reflects the latest trends in research, bringing together leading figures from German, Switzerland, France, Ireland, Israel and the United States. Review by Leslie J. Hoppe, CBQ vol 64, n. 2, p. 408-409, April 2002 [Here: Présentation détaillée du livre].

GRAHAM, M. Patrick & MCKENZIE, Steven L. (eds.), The Chronicler as Author. Studies in Text and Texture, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999, 424 pp.

An international collaboration focusing on the books of Chronicles as literature, looking at its literary sources, its techniques of composition, its perspectives, how it was read in antiquity, and the value of contemporary reading strategies for bringing the text to life in the present day. The volume both reflects and stimulates recent and contemporary fascination with the Chronicler in biblical scholarship.

KNOPPERS, G. N.; McCONVILLE J. G. (eds.) Reconsidering Israel and Judah: Recent Studies on the Deuteronomistic History. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2000, xxii + 650 p.

The Deuteronomic or, more properly, Deuteronomistic History is a modern theoretical construct which holds that the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings constitute a single work, unified by a basic homogeneity in language, style, and content. This construct owes much to the influence of Martin Noth's classic study of the Deuteronomistic History, contained in his larger Uberlieferungsgeschichtliche Studien. According to Noth, the Deuteronomist incorporated the deuteronomic law into the beginning of his work, framing it with speeches by Moses. The Deuteronomist then added other sources, such as tales of conquest and settlement, prophetic narratives and speeches, official annals and records. While this larger thesis has stood the test of time, there is much disagreement among contemporary scholars about a wide variety of issues. The present collection attempts to provide readers with an understanding of the important developments, methodologies, and points of view in the ongoing debate. Both current essays and some older, classic essays that have shaped the larger debate are included. Ten are newly translated into English. Each essay is prefaced by a detailed foreword by one of the editors that summarizes and places the essay in its appropriate context, making the volume ideal for use in seminars or courses, as well as for individuals wishing to become familiar with the state of discussion on the Deuteronomistic History.

LOHFINK, N. Studien zum Deuteronomium und zur deuteronomistischen Literatur V. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2005, 303 p.

Dieser fünfte Sammelband von Aufsätzen des Verfassers zum Deuteronomium und zur deuteronomistischen Literatur vereint weitere Vor- und Begleitstudien zu einem großen Kommentar Deuteronomium, an dem Norbert Lohfink und Georg Braulik zusammen arbeiten.

"This is the fifth volume of N. Lohfink's studies containing nine articles published between 1998 and 2004 that address several problems of Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic literature. All but one essay have been previously published, and all articles are written in German (...) Just like the previous four volumes (and the same holds true for the two volumes by G. Braulik in the same series), they have to be seen as prolegomena to the extensive commentary Lohfink and Braulik are working on for the Hermeneia series (...) As usual, when reading Lohfink's contributions to Deuteronomy and its context one learns a good deal, gains fresh insights, and is provoked into rethinking one's own ideas and views. After this fifth volume of essays on single exegetical issues, one awaits the full synthesis in form of the commentary even more. In the meantime, let these articles be the starting point for a fresh discussion about Deuteronomy and its neighboring texts"(From Review by Anselm C. Hagedorn, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, published 7 January 2006).

RÖMER, T. C. (ed.) The Future of the Deuteronomistic History. Leuven: Leuven University Press/Peeters, 2000, xii + 265 p.

This collection goes back to a series of talks on "Deuteronomism" delivered at the SBL International Meeting held in Lausanne in July 1997 which dealt with the topic of: "The Future of the Deuteronomistic History", "Identity and Literary Strategies of the Deuteronomists", and "Deuteronomism and the Hebrew Bible". The 14 papers printed here are in English (7), French (4), German (2), and Spanish (1). [Abstract in OTA 24:3 (October 2001) # 2200].

SCHEARING, Linda S. & MCKENZIE, Steven L. (eds.), Those Elusive Deuteronomists. The Phenomenon of Pan-Deuteronomism, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999, 288 pp.

In this authoritative and wide-ranging collection, Lohfink, Auld, Blenkinsopp, Coggins, Crenshaw, Van Seters, Wilson and others debate whether or not the claims made by the pervasive pan-deuteronomism movement sweeping the discipline can, in fact, be verified. The first three essays discuss the problem of establishing the existence of this corpus and the boundaries which must be set in a discussion of those texts. The second segment of the collection discusses in four essays the problem of pan-Deuteronomism in the wider context of the whole of the Hebrew Scriptures. The third part of the volume contains seven essays which the editors describe as "case studies" of pan-Deuteronomism.