David M. Allen examines the way in which Deuteronomy operates within the paraenetic sections of Hebrews, discussing the various textual, thematic and rhetorical links between the two texts. There is extensive treatment of Deuteronomic quotations and echoes, particularly from the Song of Moses (Deut 32), as well as analysis of Hebrews' borrowing of Deuteronomy's covenantal blessing/cursing imagery. The author discusses the way in which Hebrews shares Deuteronomy's sermonic tone and paraenetic urgency, and how both texts rhetorically position their audience at the threshold of entry into their salvation goal, typified by the promised land. He concludes that Hebrews does not just use Deuteronomy; it becomes a "new" Deuteronomy and challenges its predecessor's contemporary hegemony.weiterlesen