Biddle’s Commentary on Deuteronomy included this subsection – thought it might be interesting:
According to the Gospel writers, apart from citations of the Decalogue (four times: Mark 7:10 ; Mark 10:19 ; Matt 5:21, 27), which can be attributed to either Deuteronomy or Exodus, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy more often than any other book in the Hebrew Bible (six times: Deut 6:4-6 ; Deut 8:3 ; Deut 6:16 ; Deut 6:13 ; Deut 24:1 ; Deut 19:15 ; the Psalter follows closely with five citations; Exodus, Leviticus, and Isaiah are each cited three times and Hosea twice; Genesis, Jeremiah, Daniel, Zechariah, and Malachi are cited once each). Paul quoted most often from Isaiah (twenty-six times), the Psalter (eighteen times), Genesis (fourteen times), and Deuteronomy (ten times; thirteen times including the three citations of the Decalogue—Rom 7:7 ; Rom 10:6-8 ; Rom 10:19 ; Rom 11:8 ; Rom 12:19-20 ; Rom 13:9 ; Rom 15:10 ; 1 Cor 9:9 ; 2 Cor 13:1 ; Gal 3:10 ; Gal 3:13 ; Eph6:2-3 ; 1 Tim 5:18 ). Paul cites eleven other books five times or fewer: Leviticus, Exodus, Hosea, 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Numbers, Joel, Malachi, Proverbs, Job (in descending order of frequency).
In descending order of frequency, the General Epistles cite the Psalter seventeen times; Deuteronomy, including the Decalogue, eight times (Heb 1:6 ; Heb 10:30a ; Heb 10:30b ; Heb 12:21 ; Heb 13:5 ; Jas 2:11a ; Jas 2:11b ; Jas 4:5 ); Genesis, Exodus (including the Decalogue), Isaiah, and Proverbs five times each; Leviticus four times; Jeremiah twice; and 2 Samuel, Habakkuk, and Haggai once each. The importance of Deuteronomy to Jesus and the authors of the New Testament is self-evident.
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My excitement at studying Deuteronomy is best summed up those words above – “The importance of Deuteronomy to Jesus and the authors of the New Testament is self-evident.” Not only is the book important to the New Testament Community, but to various communities which created the world from which our Community, our Church, sprang.
the BEST book on the topic of deut. in the nt is david lincicum’s Paul and the Early Jewish Encounter with Deuteronomy. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II.284. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
i reviewed it here-
http://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/paul-and-deuteronomy/
again, if you’re interested in the topic, this book is must reading
I am trying to get to reading it myself. Cannot wait.
Yes Yes yes! And does Biddle talk about the Gospel of John and its use of Deuteronomy? Because that would be awesome!
Not sure yet. Just now getting into it… but don’t spoil the ending!
I’m always grateful when anyone calls attention to how the NT uses the OT.
Thanks, Mike. For me, the OT is too easily passed over