Abstract:
The article shows the prophetic profile of Moses from the perspective
of the “final text” of Deuteronomy especially in Deut 4 and Deut 29–
30. In Deut 30:1–10, Moses announces the circumcision of hearts.
Moses’ song in Deut 32 confirms his message of doom and final
salvation for the people of Israel. It solves the question of collective
salvation of the people by a kind of canonical theology, quoting as a
subtext Prophets, Psalms and Wisdom Literature. However,
Deuteronomy has no answer to Moses’ fate of suffering death. He has
to die, so that instead of him the written Torah can accompany the
people on their way into the Promised Land. Moses’ fate of suffering
death is not at all over because Pss 90–92 function also as a subtext
for Moses’ individual fate, developing a perspective of salvation for
him as a kind of subtext for the Moses narrative in Deuteronomy.
