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Deuteronomy 30:15-20
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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| Devarim
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary
and Divrei Torah. |
| Chapter XLIV,
The First Apology of Justin
Martyr. (c 150) |
| IV.XVI.4, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter X, Exhortation
to the Greeks, Clement of
Alexandria (c 200) |
| V.11, V.14, VI.6, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| IV.15, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 210) |
| Chapter
XIV, On Monogamy, Tertullian
(c. 215) |
| III.I.6, First
Principles (De Principiis), Origen.
(c.225) |
| XII.33, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247) |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. |
| From Wesley's
Notes. |
| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
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| Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C,
Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"Standing
Still and Moving On," Torah Commentary by Rabbi Ismar Schorsch.
BeliefNet.
 | "The very names of this week's Torah portions show that
Israel's chief rabbis fail to understand their role as legal
interpreters." |
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Faith in the Old Testament:
Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost,
Mark Hillmer, Word & World Texts in Context, 1998.
| "The failure of the deuteronomic reform
to rouse the people to repentance and to restore an obedient faith to
Israel points to the only real solution: God himself must become a
faithful Israelite who can show Israel the way back to God." |
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"Face Hidden, Face Revealed/A Covenant of All of You," Mark H.
Kirschbaum, M.D., Tikkun. |
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Parshah Nitzavim, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from
Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch. |
| "Commentary
on Deuteronomy 30:15-20: Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Year A),"
by Dennis Bratcher at the Christian Resource Institute.
| "While God offers life,
there is a sense in which we also create that life as we respond by
choosing life. If we reject it, we have chosen death and by so doing
then we create a death in the world that consumes us. To choose life is
not only to accept life but also to create life; to reject life is not
only to choose death but to create death in the world." |
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| Parshas
Netzavim / Parshas
Vayeilech, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to
numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Deuteronomy 29:9 - 31:30. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"A
Goy by Any Other Name -- The Problem of Nationality in Antiquity,"
Steven Grosby, Professor of Religion, Clemson University. Bible and
Interpretation, 2003.
| "Ancient Israel is described in the Hebrew Bible as a
trans-tribal collectivity (for example, Joshua 3-4), the existence of
which is dependent upon the occupation of a territory, with relatively
precise demarcated boundaries (Numbers 34), that was believed by the
ancient Israelites to be their own. Without that land, it was believed
that Israel, qua Israel, would face death..." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Hillmer, Mark,
"Faith in the Old Testament: Pentateuch and Prophets for Pentecost,"
Word & World, 1998.
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Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Dr. Elizabeth Huwiler, Lutheran Theological
Seminary Chapel, 2004. |
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"Choice!"
John Ashcroft,
30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1986. |
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"Choose
Life: Abortion and Controversies," Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington - Sermons from Seattle. |
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