Genres

The Book Of Deuteronomy is classified as a sermon, as these are the words that Moses spoke. Prior to Moses death he is preaching to the Israelites. Pleading and urging them live faithfully and obediently in the land. Clifford (1982) suggests that chapters 4-30 are even more precise than a speech, it is a speech modeled on the Covenant formulary. The Book of Deuteronomy also contains the song of Moses.