TY - JOUR
AU - Nicholson, Ernest
AB -  REVIEWS 606 here, but part of his case concerns the suggestion that condemnation of oppression of the poor had no place in pre-exilic prophecy. Consequently, we are told (p. 328) that in Isa. 10:1­3, the first half of verse 2, `to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right', has been `interpolated' (presumably as a form of Fortschreibung). Yet no word is oVered in justification for this literary-critical judgement. It is not shared by the major commentators, and there seems to be no reason for it in stylistic, syntactical, or other standard methodological terms. Apparently, it is obvious (and so with the long list of other similar passages which Levin goes on to mention). Yet, while I certainly recognize (and have argued for) many examples of Fortschreibung in the first part of Isaiah, each case needs to be established on its own merits if it is to carry conviction; the fact that this can be done elsewhere on multiple grounds points up the weakness of this particular suggestion. The method here, it seems to me, has become totally circular. These twenty-one essays range mainly over the Pentateuch, the historical 
TI - Deuteronomy. A Commentary
JF - Journal of Theological Studies
DO - 10.1093/jts/55.2.606
DA - 2004-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/deuteronomy-a-commentary-J0Zj02m1ZH
SP - 606
EP - 609
VL - 55
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -