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영어

This paper exposes that the final form of Deut 16:18-17:20 intended a new centralized judicial system. In order to prove this thesis, this paper examines the final form of the text by a structural analysis, and the main terms and themes used in the text. The final form of Deut 16:18-17:20 is comprised of the basic teachings of the judicial system(16:18-17:1) and an explanation of the judicial system in three stages(17:2-20), each of that begins with the conjunction, ‘ki’(17:2, 8, 14). This structural feature shows three stages of centralized judicial process, starting with the local courts(17:2-7), progressing to the central courts(17:8-13), and ultimately to the king, the supreme judge(17:14-20). According to the Old Testament and the documents of the ANE, the provincial judicial officials(judges, leaders) and the central court’s judicial officials(priests, judges) were royal officials appointed and governed by the king in the judicial realm. In addition, ritual issues handled by local courts are mostly related to kings(Asa, Hezekiah, Josiah) who had centralized rule in the Deuteronomistic History. Therefore, the judicial system described in Deut 16:18-17:20 was not designed to distribute and balance power among different types of leaders(judges, kings, priests), but rather to centralize power so that the king could effectively control the whole country.

한국어

본 논문은 최종 형태의 신 16:18-17:20이 정치 또는 사법제도의 중앙 집권화를 세우는 것을 의도했음을 보여준다. 구조분석을 통해 볼 때, 본문 은 사법제도의 기본적인 가르침(16:18-17:1)과 구조적 핵심어인 ‘키’(yKi)의 반복을 통해 지방(17:2-7)에서 중앙(17:8-13)을 경유하여 왕(17:14-20) 으로 나아가는 세 단계의 중앙 집권적 사법제도를 보여준다. 또한 본문에 사용된 주요 용어들(쇼페팀, 쇼테림)과 제의적 주제들(아세라, 주상, 일월 성신 숭배 금지)도 본문에서 묘사하는 사법제도가 중앙 집권적인 통치 방 식이었음을 보여준다.