An argument has appeared on the earlywritings forum proposing that an early form of the Book of Deuteronomy was produced in the Persian period — more specifically, in Persian period Samaria. It is mid-semester break for me and the scholarship relating to Persian period writings in Yehud and Samaria is still fresh in my mind … Continue reading "An Attempt to Date a pro-Samarian Deuteronomy to the Persian Period"