Session 1 : Introduction to Deuteronomy.

These are notes from an invited speaker from Capernwray, Terry Cowland
Why read Deuteronomy?

1) Deuteronomy is one of the books most often quoted in the New Testament. For example, Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy to refute the devil’s temptations (Matthew 4), Sermon on the Mount.

2) Deuteronomy records this “second law”—namely Moses’s series of sermons in which he restated God’s commands originally given to the Israelites some forty years earlier in Exodus and Leviticus. The book offers a restatement of the Law for a new generation, rather than a mere copy of what had gone before.

3) Deuteronomy is a highly influential book. The continuation of Israel’s history (Joshua—Kings) is written mostly from its perspective, so much so that the history portion has been called Deuteronomic History. Isaiah and Jeremiah are heavily influenced by this book.

Resources for leaders

A quick clip as introduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt1KJvZ4uUc

A longer Outline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoH6W3aAxTc

If you want to hear all of Deuteronomy http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/niv/Deut.1 (about 3 hrs 30 m) Or listen to 6 chapters each week for 6 weeks. The speaker on the audio recordings is Ajith Fernando. You can also watch him on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEKIVrqHPgI