Is Deuteronomy considered strictly a Jewish text, a Christian text or both?
Devarim in Hebrew, or Deuteronomy in Greek is strictly a Jewish Legal Book. It repeats all of the Laws from the three other books of the Pentateuch (In Judaism, Genesis is not considered legally relevant since most of Jewish Law actually begins with Exodus.) In fact, the book Devarim (which literally translates as “words”), has a second name in Hebrew: Mishneh Torah (repetition of the Torah). This is so because it repeats all the legally binding aspects of the former three books of Moses. How it became a Christian Book, since Jewish Law is irrelevant to Christianity, is beyond me. PS: Answer # 1 doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The Temple sacrifices have nothing to do with Jesus. Before Jesus was born, the sacrifices were always offered. And after his death, the Temple sacrifices were still done like always before until the destruction of the Temple by Romans troops in the year 70 CE. Also, the English word “sacrifice” is a horrible translation of the Hebrew word “korban”. To lear
