The Canonical Significance of the Book of Deuteronomy

To bring out this significance regard must be had to the character of this book. The character of the book has been variously defined. It has been described as an attempt "to furnish a new law which might be conducive to the interests of altered circumstances," by another as, hortatory description, explanation and enforcement of the most essential contents of the covenant relations and covenant laws with emphatic prominence given to the spiritual principle of the law and its fulfillment. Lange...