Deuteronomy is the final book in the Pentateuch, containing Moses' last sermons, as well as poetry regarding Israel's future.

Moses pleads with Israel not to repeat their past mistakes, such as falling into idolatry.

They must keep their covenants and keep the law given by Yahweh, or else they will lose the promised land.

What does that mean for Latter-day Saints today? We'll discuss that, and much more, on

today's episode of Abide, a Maxwell Institute podcast. My name is Joseph Stewart. I'm the public

communication specialist of the Neill-A Maxwell Institute for religious scholarship at Brigham Young

University. Christian Heel is a research fellow at the Institute. In each week, we discuss the

week's block of reading from the Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints, Come Follow Me curriculum.

We aren't here to present a lesson, rather to hit on a few key themes from the scripture

block so as to help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission, to inspire and fortify

Latter-day Saints in their testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and engage

the world of religious ideas.

Today we're joined by Dr. Avram Shannon, an assistant professor of ancient scripture here at BYU.

Auburn was educated at BYU, the University of Oxford, and the Ohio State University, and is a specialist in rabbinic Judaism, Jewish studies, and ancient biblical interpretation.

Among his recent publications is the edited volume

Covenant of Compassion, caring for the marginalized and disadvantaged in the Old Testament

published by the Religious Studies Center here at BYU. He is currently at work on an

introduction to the Old Testament for Latter-day Saints with Dr. Joshua Sears. Welcome to

the podcast, Offram. Thanks so much. I'm happy to be here. We are thrilled to have you

here. If we could begin, could you tell us how you introduce Deuteronomy to your students?

Sure. So when I talk about Deuteronomy with my students, one of the things I make very clear is,

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