2008-07-09T13:02:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/hebrew+bible/ http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/deuteronomy.php 2008-07-09T13:02:51-05:00 This introduction to the book of Deuteronomy reports on the title, author, date, contents, theological teaching, structure, and outline. The Hebrew name of the book is ‘elleh haddebarim ("These are the words") or, more simply, debarim ("words"). The word "Deuteronomy" (meaning "repetition of the law") arose from a mistranslation in the Septuagint. http://biblica.com/bibles/about/12.php 2008-07-09T12:44:31-05:00 In 1947 in an obscure cave west of the Dead Sea, Bedouin shepherds discovered some scrolls carefully placed in ten tall jars. They did not know what they had come upon, but they sold the scrolls to a nearby dealer.