Deuteronomy 18:15-20

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• Historical References, Commentary, and Comparative Texts:
  • Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
  • "The Succession of Founders and Messengers," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
  • I.7, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • IV.21, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • IV.22, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
  • VI.8, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
  • I.XXXVI, IV.XCV, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "[Deuteronomy 18:18]: A promise not only made to Christ, but to all that teach in his name."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "It is here promised concerning Christ, that there should come a Prophet, great above all the prophets; by whom God would make known himself and his will to the children of men, more fully and clearly than he had ever done before."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "Christ was truly, and in all commendable parts like him, in being both a prophet and a king and a priest and mediator, in the excellency of his ministry and work, in the glory of his miracles, in his familiar and intimate converse with God."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
    • "...the prophet here promised was pre-eminently the Messiah, for He alone was "like unto Moses" (see on De 34:10) "in His mediatorial character; in the peculiar excellence of His ministry; in the number, variety, and magnitude of His miracles; in His close and familiar communion with God; and in His being the author of a new dispensation of religion." This prediction was fulfilled fifteen hundred years afterwards and was expressly applied to Jesus Christ by Peter (Ac 3:22, 23), and by Stephen (Ac 7:37)."
• Contemporary References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Commentary, Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Beth Tanner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "Where are the prophets today? Who speaks for God?"
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Epiphany 4, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "All of this is relevant to our thinking of Jesus, the word of God incarnate, and to our pondering of his teaching and what the church has proclaimed about him."
  • Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Epiphany 4, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "It is easy in hindsight to say the people should have listened to Jeremiah and not Hananiah (Jer 27-29). To apply this criteria today is equally difficult because those who feel called to proclaim God's word believe it is the authentic word of God."
  • Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • "Repudiating Robertson: How Can We Know When God Speaks?" The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
  • "Turn Obedience around and It's an Act of Freedom," James K. Healy, National Catholic Reporter, 1994.
    • "Your kids have begun to raise questions about why you're in charge and they aren't. Tease them with a Lenten exercise. Tell them to check out this really neat conversation between Yahweh and Moses in Deuteronomy (18:15-20): Moses tells Yahweh the people feel overwhelmed by the fire and thunder that accompany their direct encounters with God."
  • Parshah Shoftim, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch.
  • "The Torah, Survival, and 'Survivor'," Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman. BeliefNet.
    • "The ethics of the 'jungle' vs. the ethics of the Torah."
  • "The Announcement of a Great Prophet," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
    • "Do you seek prophetic voices, messages from God to guide your life? Where do you find such voices? What is the cost of following a prophetic voice?"
  • "The Headmaster Within," Mark H. Kirschbaum, M.D., Tikkun.
  • Parshas Shoftim Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9.
  • Parshat Shoftim, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
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  • Bartlett, David L., "Resistance and Healing," The Christian Century, 1991.
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  • Holladay, William L., "Jeremiah and Moses: Further Observations," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1966.
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  • Horsley, Richard A., "'Like One of the Prophets of Old': Two Types of Popular Prophets at the Time of Jesus," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
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  • Keim, Paul, "Called to Order," The Christian Century, 2003.
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  • Tucker, Gene M., "Deuteronomy 18:15-22," Interpretation, 1987.
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