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Abstract
Building on the author’s monograph Deuteronomy and Environmental Amnesia, this chapter discusses how important remembering rightly is in the Book of Deuteronomy, so much so that we must keep this theme in mind when interpreting even those passages that do not include the verb “remember.” This is illustrated by an interpretation of Deut 6:4–9 as a Deuteronomic admonition that would have promoted to its ancient readers/hearers a remedy for their environmental amnesia by means of their constant reflection on God’s words written on human bodies, built structures (such as doorposts), and the entire landscape. The chapter then applies this remedy to our present forms of environmental amnesia, most clearly illustrated in climate change deniers’ refusal to read God’s words as revealed in natural history, the Book of Nature, and natural law.
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Abstract
Building on the author’s monograph Deuteronomy and Environmental Amnesia, this chapter discusses how important remembering rightly is in the Book of Deuteronomy, so much so that we must keep this theme in mind when interpreting even those passages that do not include the verb “remember.
” This is illustrated by an interpretation of Deut 6:4–9 as a Deuteronomic admonition that would have promoted to its ancient readers/hearers a remedy for their environmental amnesia by means of their constant reflection on God’s words written on human bodies, built structures (such as doorposts), and the entire landscape.
The chapter then applies this remedy to our present forms of environmental amnesia, most clearly illustrated in climate change deniers’ refusal to read God’s words as revealed in natural history, the Book of Nature, and natural law.
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