How Deuteronomy Created &quote;Israel&quote;

In this book, Mark K. George argues that the goal of Deuteronomy is not merely to provide ancient Judah with another set of laws but to write "e;Israel"e; itself into existence. He reads Deuteronomy as a manual for self definition with two key aspects: being an Israelite means recognizing oneself as a subject under Yahweh's control, and Deuteronomy is the handbook of techniques by which one monito...