Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Deuteronomy as an Israelite sequential hypertextual reworking of Ezekiel -- 1.1 Yahweh's words to the one 'born' (Deut 1:1-5 -- cf. Ezek 1-3) -- 1.2 Israel's 'original sin' and the forty-year-long exile of the sinful Israelites in the wilderness (Deut 1:6-2:1 -- cf. Ezek 4-24) -- 1.3 Israel's return to Canaan, and its being more numerous and more powerful than its neighbours (Deut 2:2-23 -- cf. Ezek 25-36) -- 1.4 New, innocent generation of one, powerful, militant Israel (Deut 2:24-3:22 -- cf. Ezek 37-39) -- 1.5 Vision of Canaan, its temple, and its theocratic laws (Deut 3:23-32:52 -- cf. Ezek 40:1-47:12) -- 1.6 Ideal Israel consisting of twelve tribes (Deut 33-34 -- cf. Ezek 47:13-48:35) -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Genesis as an Israelite sequential hypertextual reworking of Deuteronomy -- 2.1 Initial entry to the land which was regarded by God as good, and not being alone (Gen 1-2 -- cf. Deut 1:1-25) -- 2.2 The original sin of wanting to 'know good and evil' and the punishment of expulsion from the paradisiacal land (Gen 3 -- cf. Deut 1:26-2:1) -- 2.3 The weaker brother and mighty predecessors (Gen 4 -- cf. Deut 2:2-12) -- 2.4 New, righteous humanity taking the place of the completely destroyed, sinful humans (Gen 5:1-8:19 -- cf. Deut 2:13-3:11) -- 2.5 Covenant with the ancestors, division of the earth, and the punishment of scattering for making an idolatrous object (Gen 8:20-11:32 -- cf. Deut 3:12-5:33) -- 2.6 Yahweh leading the believer to the Promised Land (Gen 12:1-8 -- cf. Deut 6:1-19) -- 2.7 Being in a miraculous way freed from Pharaoh's rule in Egypt (Gen 12:9-20 -- cf. Deut 6:20-25) -- 2.8 Fighting a just war and establishing peace with the Gentiles in Canaan (Gen 13-15 -- cf. Deut 7) -- 2.9 Yahweh testing his believers and caring for them in the wilderness (Gen 16.

cf. Deut 8) -- 2.10 Yahweh's theophany and the covenant of circumcision (Gen 17 -- cf. Deut 9-10) -- 2.11 Israel's intercession for Gentile sinners, God's providence in the wilderness, and Israel's possession and prosperity in the Promised Land (Gen 18-21 -- cf. Deut 11:1-25) -- 2.12 The mountain of sacrificial worship and of testing the Israelites' love for Yahweh (Gen 22:1-19 -- cf. Deut 11:26-13:19) -- 2.13 Being a holy people, burial outside Canaan proper, Yahweh's gift of a new generation, and observing dietary taboos (Gen 22:20-28:9 -- cf. Deut 14:1-21) -- 2.14 Meeting God in the place of giving a tithe (Gen 28:10-22 -- cf. Deut 14:22-29) -- 2.15 Remission of debts in the seventh year, resulting in freedom from slavery and a departure gift of flocks (Gen 29:1-31:42 -- cf. Deut 15) -- 2.16 Settling a legal dispute in a priestly realm (Gen 31:43-54 -- cf. Deut 16-19) -- 2.17 The aid of Yahweh and the name of Israel in an encounter with Israel's enemy (Gen 32:1-33:17 -- cf. Deut 20:1-9) -- 2.18 Dealing with a Canaanite city in the aftermath of a rape of a virgin in the open field (Gen 33:18-34:31 -- cf. Deut 20:10-22:29) -- 2.19 Fulfilling vows, taking the wife of one's father, and accepting the Edomites (Gen 35-36 -- cf. Deut 23:1-24) -- 2.20 Not returning home after being hated there and being sent away from there, and selling an Israelite into slavery (Gen 37 -- cf. Deut 23:25-24:22) -- 2.21 Being publicly but not excessively ashamed for not fulfilling levirate obligations (Gen 38 -- cf. Deut 25:1-10) -- 2.22 Coming to Egypt alone, bringing first fruits and tithes, blessing and cursing, and being set above the Gentiles (Gen 39:1-41:46 -- cf. Deut 25:11-28:7) -- 2.23 Yahweh blessing his believers, which results in their having full storehouses, being fruitful, and lending to many nations (Gen 41:47-57 -- cf. Deut 28:8-14).

2.24 The unfaithful Israelites' cursed coming in and going out (Gen 42 -- cf. Deut 28:15-22) -- 2.25 Being blind at noon and oppressed, longing to see the exiled sons, and being brought to the foreign land of Egypt (Gen 43:1-47:12 -- cf. Deut 28:23-42) -- 2.26 Plague of a very severe famine in the land of Egypt, a residing alien rising to power, being removed from the land, and becoming slaves (Gen 47:13-26 -- cf. Deut 28:43-29:28) -- 2.27 Multiplication and long life in the land of God's providence, and a future return to Canaan (Gen 47:27-31 -- cf. Deut 30:1-31:2) -- 2.28 Israel's succession in the particularly chosen tribe of Ephraim (Gen 48 -- cf. Deut 31:2-32:52) -- 2.29 Blessings for the sons and tribes of Israel (Gen 49:1-28 -- cf. Deut 33) -- 2.30 Death and burial of the main heroes, obedience to testamentary words, and establishing the line of spiritual succession (Gen 49:29-50:26 -- cf. Deut 34) -- 2.31 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Exodus-Numbers as an Israelite sequentialhypertextual reworking of Deuteronomy -- 3.1 God-given power and protection of Israel against mighty Gentiles (Exod 1:1-2:10 -- cf. Deut 1:1-40) -- 3.2 Unholy attack on a Gentile and the subsequent escape to the wilderness (Exod 2:11-15 -- cf. Deut 1:41-46) -- 3.3 Forty years in the wilderness, doing no harm to the Midianites, and longing in the exile (Exod 2:16-25 -- cf. Deut 2-3) -- 3.4 Encounter with Yahweh in fire at Mount Horeb (Exod 3 -- cf. Deut 4:1-5:22) -- 3.5 Moses as a mediator, signs for the elders of Israel, observing the commandments, bodily signs of love, and Yahweh's jealousy for idolatry (Exod 4 -- cf. Deut 5:23-6:19) -- 3.6 Great signs and wonders against Pharaoh and his house, and observing Yahweh's ordinances (Exod 5:1-13:16 -- cf. Deut 6:20-25) -- 3.7 Total destruction of mightier, militant Gentiles (Exod 13:17-15:21 -- cf. Deut 7).

3.8 Testing in the wilderness, and manna and water (Exod 15:22-17:7 -- cf. Deut 8:1-16) -- 3.9 Defeating Amalek not with the might of hands (Exod 17:8-16 -- cf. Deut 8:17-9:3) -- 3.10 Not because of your righteousness (Exod 18 -- cf. Deut 9:4-6) -- 3.11 Covenant at Mount Sinai (Exod 19-31 -- cf. Deut 9:7-11) -- 3.12 Moulded calf and propitiation, Moses' prayer for Israel, and the renewal of the covenant concerning the land of Canaan (Exod 32-34 -- cf. Deut 9:12-11:28) -- 3.13 Pan-Israelite sanctuary of Yahweh (Exod 35-40 -- cf. Deut 11:29-12:12) -- 3.14 Proper way of offering sacrifices (Lev 1-9 -- cf. Deut 12:13-28) -- 3.15 Punishing sons who engaged in illicit worship, proper way of mourning, maintaining holiness, and not eating detestable things (Lev 10 -- cf. Deut 12:29-14:3) -- 3.16 Clean and unclean animals, and holiness of the Israelites (Lev 11-20 -- cf. Deut 14:4-21) -- 3.17 Priests and offerings (Lev 21-22 -- cf. Deut 14:22-29) -- 3.18 Festivals of Yahweh during the year, giving just and impartial judgements, and heptads of years (Lev 23-25 -- cf. Deut 15:1-16:20) -- 3.19 Not setting up sacred pillars, and respect for proper worship (Lev 26:1-2 -- cf. Deut 16:21-17:1) -- 3.20 Punishment for breaking Yahweh's covenant (Lev 26:3-46 -- cf. Deut 17:2-7) -- 3.21 Priestly judgements in difficult cases (Lev 27 -- cf. Deut 17:8-13) -- 3.22 Rulers from among brethren in Israel (Num 1-2 -- cf. Deut 17:14-20) -- 3.23 Priests and Levites (Num 3-10 -- cf. Deut 18:1-8) -- 3.24 Destruction of idolaters in Israel (Num 11:1-3 -- cf. Deut 18:9-14) -- 3.25 Prophets as followers of Moses (Num 11:4-12:16 -- cf. Deut 18:15-22) -- 3.26 Conquering the land of Canaan, capital punishment for grave sins, remedies for unconscious sins, and making tassels (Num 13-19 -- cf. Deut 19-22).

3.27 Assembly of Yahweh, Edom, making and fulfilling vows, Moab, Balaam, dying for one's own sins, and having no male heirs (Num 20-27 -- cf. Deut 23-25) -- 3.28 Burnt offerings, other offerings, vows, and contributions offered in the sanctuary (Num 28-31 -- cf. Deut 26-28) -- 3.29 Transjordan as an inheritance of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh (Num 32 -- cf. Deut 29:1-14) -- 3.30 Exodus from Egypt through various places, and possessing the land of Canaan (Num 33 -- cf. Deut 29:15-32:52) -- 3.31 Ideal Israel with its borders and its twelve tribes (Num 34-36 -- cf. Deut 33-34) -- 3.32 Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Samuel-Kings as a Judaean sequentia lhypertextual reworking of Deuteronomy -- 4.1 Initial cultic setting and promise (1 Sam 1:1-2:11 -- cf. Deut 1:1-25) -- 4.2 Israel's original sin and Yahweh's curse on evil Israelites (1 Sam 2:12-36 -- cf. Deut 1:26-35) -- 4.3 Hope in the new, innocent generation (1 Sam 3 -- cf. Deut 1:36-39) -- 4.4 Israel's unholy war and forty years of the old generation (1 Sam 4-5 -- cf. Deut 1:40-2:1) -- 4.5 Return towards the land of Canaan (1 Sam 6 -- cf. Deut 2:2-3) -- 4.6 Peace with Israel's neighbours (1 Sam 7 -- cf. Deut 2:4-7) -- 4.7 Men of war rejected by Yahweh (1 Sam 8-15 -- cf. Deut 2:8-16) -- 4.8 New, innocent generation (1 Sam 16 -- cf. Deut 2:17-23) -- 4.9 Fighting against an iron-equipped giant (1 Sam 17 -- cf. Deut 2:24-3:17) -- 4.10 Covenant within Israel (1 Sam 18:1-5 -- cf. Deut 3:18-22) -- 4.11 Yahweh's disfavour towards the old leader of Israel and favour towards the young one (1 Sam 18:6-30 -- cf. Deut 3:23-29) -- 4.12 Wisdom and righteousness, and an authoritative ordinance (1 Sam 19:1-7 -- cf. Deut 4:1-14) -- 4.13 Saving life and avoiding deceitful images in the human form (1 Sam 19:8-17 -- cf. Deut 4:15-40) -- 4.14 City of refuge, righteousness, and making a covenant (1 Sam 19:18-21:1.

cf. Deut 4:41-5:3).