Literary Map
1-11 Moses opening speech
12-26 Collection of Laws - Torah retold
27-34 - Moses final speech and death
Linch pin?
Shema - Deut 6
Deuteronomy
Call to covenant faithfulness
Genre?
Prophetic Sermon
Correct Memory
Tell the stories
Embody the rituals and festivals
Sing the songs
Faulty memory
Skewes identity = broken self
Skewes relationships
Skewes understanding of God
Big Ideas
Memory and Identity
Formation of Correct memory
Shema
Corporate Continuity
Remembering the future
Big Idea - Memory and Identity
Remembering rightly is the key to obedience; forgetting leads to idolatry.
Big Idea - Corporate Continuity
Each generation is treated as present at Sinai
Major Events - Shema
Deut 6
Major Event - Blessing and Curses
27-28
Major Event - Moses Death
34
Major Event - Commission Joshua
31
Opening Speeches
Remind people of journey and what God has done
Tell stories
embody the rituals
sing the songs
Torah
reteaches the Torah
Final speech
Moses commissions Joshua
Final Blessing of the tribes
Death