Nilsen’s dating of Deuteronomy 32 to the late sixth-early fifth century or so provides an interesting contrast to the work of Hendel and Joosten (cf. preceding article) who believe the “archaic” language of the chapter would date it to a long time before the sixth century (pp. 45-46, 128, 130 in their book). I wonder how, in the framework of their "consilience" model that incorporates language, text, and culture/history, they would handle the different criteria that Nilsen mentions?
Nilsen’s dating of Deuteronomy 32 to the late sixth-early fifth century or so provides an interesting contrast to the work of Hendel and Joosten (cf. preceding article) who believe the “archaic” language of the chapter would date it to a long time before the sixth century (pp. 45-46, 128, 130 in their book). I wonder how, in the framework of their "consilience" model that incorporates language, text, and culture/history, they would handle the different criteria that Nilsen mentions?