what does Deuteronomy meen? (my interest isnt purely Theological but mostly so)

[XaositectCrayon]

from what little I read Deuteronomy was written during the time of the Joining of Israel and Canaan (or Juda and canaan or something like that)
now I have read some "secular" ideas that it was the combination of El and Yahweh. And they claimed archeological evidence to back it up. Of course "secular" could meen Atheistic slant (secular should meen fact without a religious slant as far as I am concerned).

[Shadow Phoenix]

from what little I read Deuteronomy was written during the time of the Joining of Israel and Canaan (or Juda and canaan or something like that)
now I have read some "secular" ideas that it was the combination of El and Yahweh. And they claimed archeological evidence to back it up. Of course "secular" could meen Atheistic slant (secular should meen fact without a religious slant as far as I am concerned).

Deuteronomy means "Second Law." It was written around the time period that it describes. Meredith Kline has written probably the most in-depth look at this called "The Treaty of the Great King" as he shows that the covenant pictured in Deuteronomy is a parallel of the suzerainty treatments of the time period.

Furthermore, I do not see any basis for a Jew combining YHWH and El together. The Jews were quite specific with their copying practices and treated names like El and Elohim and Adonai while in a higher light than most ordinary words, quite different from the word YHWH.

[XaositectCrayon]

Deuteronomy means "Second Law." It was written around the time period that it describes. Meredith Kline has written probably the most in-depth look at this called "The Treaty of the Great King" as he shows that the covenant pictured in Deuteronomy is a parallel of the suzerainty treatments of the time period.

Furthermore, I do not see any basis for a Jew combining YHWH and El together. The Jews were quite specific with their copying practices and treated names like El and Elohim and Adonai while in a higher light than most ordinary words, quite different from the word YHWH.

second law...
does that meen a second law or a reitiration of the first?

[Shadow Phoenix]

second law...
does that meen a second law or a reitiration of the first?

The latter. The former generation had passed away in the wilderness and the new generation had not been privy to many of the events that had taken place. Moses was reminding them of the promises of God one last time before they entered the promised land.

[XaositectCrayon]

I see thanks :)