Parsyah tersebut terdiri dari 5.972 huruf Ibrani, 1.548 kata Ibranim, 105 ayat, dan meliputi sekitar 197 baris dalam Gulungan Kitab Taurat (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah).[1]Yahudi umumnya membacanya pada Juli atau Agustus. Bacaan tersebut selalu dibaca pada Sabat Chazon, Sabat langsung sebelum Tisha B'Av.
Mishnah: Taanit 4:6,8;Sotah 7:8. Land of Israel, circa 200 C.E. Reprinted in, e.g., The Mishnah: A New Translation. Translated by Jacob Neusner, pages 315–16, 459. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. ISBN0-300-05022-4.
Tosefta: Sukkah 3:13; Sotah 4:6, 7:12, 17, 14:4; Menachot 7:8; Arakhin 5:16. Land of Israel, circa 250 C.E. Reprinted in, e.g., The Tosefta: Translated from the Hebrew, with a New Introduction. Translated by Jacob Neusner. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002. ISBN1-56563-642-2.
Sifre to Deuteronomy 1:1–25:6. Land of Israel, circa 250–350 C.E. Reprinted in, e.g., Sifre to Deuteronomy: An Analytical Translation. Translated by Jacob Neusner, volume 1, pages 15–65. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987. ISBN1-55540-145-7.
Jerusalem Talmud: Sheviit 47a; Maasrot 4b; Challah 45a; Bikkurim 12a; Rosh Hashanah 3a; Taanit 17a; Megillah 2a; Sanhedrin 2b. Tiberias, Land of Israel, circa 400 CE. Reprinted in, e.g., Talmud Yerushalmi. Edited by Chaim Malinowitz, Yisroel Simcha Schorr, and Mordechai Marcus, volumes 6b, 9, 11, 12, 24–26. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 2006–2014. And reprinted in, e.g., The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary. Edited by Jacob Neusner and translated by Jacob Neusner, Tzvee Zahavy, B. Barry Levy, and Edward Goldman. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. ISBN978-1-59856-528-7.
Leviticus Rabbah. Land of Israel, 5th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Leviticus. Translated by Harry Freedman and Maurice Simon, volume 4, pages 141–43, 410, 443. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN0-900689-38-2.
Song of Songs Rabbah. 6th–7th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Song of Songs. Translated by Maurice Simon, volume 9, pages 65–66, 123. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN0-900689-38-2.
Ecclesiastes Rabbah. 6th–8th centuries. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Ecclesiastes. Translated by Maurice Simon, volume 8, pages 4, 11, 88, 225, 281, 294. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN0-900689-38-2.
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Deuteronomy Rabbah 1:1–25; 2:5. Land of Israel, 9th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Deuteronomy. Translated by Harry Freedman and Maurice Simon, volume 7, pages 1–28, 33, 69, 77, 108, 115, 145, 185. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN0-900689-38-2.
Lamentations Rabbah. 10th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbah: Deuteronomy/Lamentations. Translated by A. Cohen, volume 7, pages 15–16, 66. London: Soncino Press, 1939. ISBN0-900689-38-2.
Rashi. Commentary. Deuteronomy 1–3.Troyes, France, late 11th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., Rashi. The Torah: With Rashi's Commentary Translated, Annotated, and Elucidated. Translated and annotated by Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg, volume 5, pages 1–44. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1997. ISBN0-89906-030-7.
Rashbam. Commentary on the Torah. Troyes, early 12th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Rashbam’s Commentary on Deuteronomy: An Annotated Translation. Edited and translated by Martin I. Lockshin, pages 27–47. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown Judaic Studies, 2004. ISBN1-930675-19-4.
Judah Halevi. Kuzari. 2:14.Toledo, Spain, 1130–1140. Reprinted in, e.g., Jehuda Halevi. Kuzari: An Argument for the Faith of Israel. Introduction by Henry Slonimsky, page 91. New York: Schocken, 1964. ISBN0-8052-0075-4.
Abraham ibn Ezra. Commentary on the Torah. Mid-12th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Ibn Ezra's Commentary on the Pentateuch: Deuteronomy (Devarim). Translated and annotated by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver, volume 5, pages 1–19. New York: Menorah Publishing Company, 2001. ISBN0-932232-10-8.
Benjamin of Tudela. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. Spain, 1173. Reprinted in The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Travels in the Middle Ages. Introductions by Michael A. Singer, Marcus Nathan Adler, A. Asher, page 91. Malibu, Calif.: Joseph Simon, 1983. ISBN0-934710-07-4. (giants).
Maimonides. The Guide for the Perplexed, part 1, chapters 18, 45; part 2, chapters 41, 47; part 3, chapter 50. Cairo, Egypt, 1190. Reprinted in, e.g., Moses Maimonides. The Guide for the Perplexed. Translated by Michael Friedländer, pages 27, 58–59, 235, 247–48, 383. New York: Dover Publications, 1956. ISBN0-486-20351-4.
Hezekiah ben Manoah. Hizkuni. France, circa 1240. Reprinted in, e.g., Chizkiyahu ben Manoach. Chizkuni: Torah Commentary. Translated and annotated by Eliyahu Munk, volume 4, pages 1046–60. Jerusalem: Ktav Publishers, 2013. ISBN978-1-60280-261-2.
Nachmanides. Commentary on the Torah. Jerusalem, circa 1270. Reprinted in, e.g., Ramban (Nachmanides): Commentary on the Torah: Deuteronomy. Translated by Charles B. Chavel, volume 5, pages 6–45. New York: Shilo Publishing House, 1976. ISBN0-88328-010-8.
Zohar, part 1, page 178a; part 2, pages 31a, 68b, 183b, 201a, 214a; volume 3, pages 117b, 190a, 260b, 284a, 286b. Spain, late 13th Century. Reprinted in, e.g., The Zohar. Translated by Harry Sperling and Maurice Simon. 5 volumes. London: Soncino Press, 1934.
Bahya ben Asher. Commentary on the Torah. Spain, early 14th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Midrash Rabbeinu Bachya: Torah Commentary by Rabbi Bachya ben Asher. Translated and annotated by Eliyahu Munk, volume 7, pages 2348–74. Jerusalem: Lambda Publishers, 2003. ISBN965-7108-45-4.
Mark R. Cohen. The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza, pages 197–98. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN0-691-09262-1. (invocation of [[|]] Deuteronomy:1:11-HE as a blessing in 14th Century letters).
Isaac ben Moses Arama. Akedat Yizhak (The Binding of Isaac). Late 15th century. Reprinted in, e.g., Yitzchak Arama. Akeydat Yitzchak: Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Arama on the Torah. Translated and condensed by Eliyahu Munk, volume 2, pages 798–801. New York, Lambda Publishers, 2001. ISBN965-7108-30-6.
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Isaac Abravanel. Commentary on the Torah. Italy, between 1492–1509. Reprinted in, e.g., Abarbanel: Selected Commentaries on the Torah: Volume 5: Devarim/Deuteronomy. Translated and annotated by Israel Lazar, pages 15–24. Brooklyn: CreateSpace, 2015. ISBN978-1508721659. And excerpted in, e.g., Abarbanel on the Torah: Selected Themes. Translated by Avner Tomaschoff, pages 395–420. Jerusalem: Jewish Agency for Israel, 2007. ISBN965-7118-05-0.
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno. Commentary on the Torah. Venice, 1567. Reprinted in, e.g., Sforno: Commentary on the Torah. Translation and explanatory notes by Raphael Pelcovitz, pages 827–45. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1997. ISBN0-89906-268-7.
Moshe Alshich. Commentary on the Torah. Safed, circa 1593. Reprinted in, e.g., Moshe Alshich. Midrash of Rabbi Moshe Alshich on the Torah. Translated and annotated by Eliyahu Munk, volume 3, pages 944–60. New York, Lambda Publishers, 2000. ISBN965-7108-13-6.
Avraham Yehoshua Heschel. Commentaries on the Torah. Cracow, Poland, mid 17th century. Compiled as Chanukat HaTorah. Edited by Chanoch Henoch Erzohn. Piotrkow, Poland, 1900. Reprinted in Avraham Yehoshua Heschel. Chanukas HaTorah: Mystical Insights of Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel on Chumash. Translated by Avraham Peretz Friedman, pages 291–96. Southfield, Michigan: Targum Press/Feldheim Publishers, 2004. ISBN1-56871-303-7.
Chaim ibn Attar. Ohr ha-Chaim. Venice, 1742. Reprinted in Chayim ben Attar. Or Hachayim: Commentary on the Torah. Translated by Eliyahu Munk, volume 5, pages 1752–75. Brooklyn: Lambda Publishers, 1999. ISBN965-7108-12-8.
Samson Raphael Hirsch. Horeb: A Philosophy of Jewish Laws and Observances. Translated by Isidore Grunfeld, pages 265–67. London: Soncino Press, 1962. Reprinted 2002 ISBN0-900689-40-4. Originally published as Horeb, Versuche über Jissroel's Pflichten in der Zerstreuung. Germany, 1837.
Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal). Commentary on the Torah.Padua, 1871. Reprinted in, e.g., Samuel David Luzzatto. Torah Commentary. Translated and annotated by Eliyahu Munk, volume 4, pages 1139–59. New York: Lambda Publishers, 2012. ISBN978-965-524-067-2.
Hermann Cohen. Religion of Reason: Out of the Sources of Judaism. Translated with an introduction by Simon Kaplan; introductory essays by Leo Strauss, pages 121, 125, 430. New York: Ungar, 1972. Reprinted Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995. ISBN0-7885-0102-X. Originally published as Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums. Leipzig: Gustav Fock, 1919.
James Joyce. Ulysses, chapters 7 (Aeolus), 14 (Oxen of the Sun). Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Reprinted, e.g., Ulysses: The Corrected Text. Edited by Hans Walter Gabler with Wolfhard Steppe and Claus Melchior, pages 122, 322. New York: Random House, 1986. ISBN0-394-55373-X. (“No, Stephen said. I call it A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or the Parable of The Plums.”; “Look forth now, my people, upon the land of behest, even from Horeb and from Nebo and from Pisgah and from the Horns of Hatten to a land flowing with milk and money.”).
Alexander Alan Steinbach. Sabbath Queen: Fifty-four Bible Talks to the Young Based on Each Portion of the Pentateuch, pages 139–42. New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1936.
Joseph Reider. The Holy Scriptures: Deuteronomy with Commentary, pages 1–44. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1937.
Martin Buber. On the Bible: Eighteen studies, pages 80–92. New York: Schocken Books, 1968.
Mark S. Smith. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel, pages 48, 143. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1990. ISBN0-06-067416-4.
A Song of Power and the Power of Song: Essays on the Book of Deuteronomy. Edited by Duane L. Christensen. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1993. ISBN0-931464-74-9.
Jeffrey H. Tigay. The JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation, pages 3–38, 422–30. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1996. ISBN0-8276-0330-4.
Sorel Goldberg Loeb and Barbara Binder Kadden. Teaching Torah: A Treasury of Insights and Activities, pages 293–98. Denver: A.R.E. Publishing, 1997. ISBN0-86705-041-1.
Elie Kaplan Spitz. "On the Use of Birth Surrogates." New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1997. EH 1:3.1997b. Reprinted in Responsa: 1991–2000: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement. Edited by Kassel Abelson and David J. Fine, pages 529, 535–36. New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 2002. ISBN0-916219-19-4. (that Jews will become as numerous as "the stars of heaven" requires human help).
Richard D. Nelson. “Deuteronomy.” In The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. Edited by James L. Mays, pages 191–94. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, revised edition, 2000. ISBN0-06-065548-8.
Lainie Blum Cogan and Judy Weiss. Teaching Haftarah: Background, Insights, and Strategies, pages 220–29. Denver: A.R.E. Publishing, 2002. ISBN0-86705-054-3.
Michael Fishbane. The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot, pages 270–77. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002. ISBN0-8276-0691-5.
Alan Lew. This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation, pages 38–45, 51–52. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2003. ISBN0-316-73908-1.
Robert Alter. The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, pages 879–95. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. ISBN0-393-01955-1.
Analia Bortz. "Haftarat Devarim: Isaiah 1:1–27." In The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot. Edited by Elyse Goldstein, pages 213–15. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004. ISBN1-58023-133-0.
Professors on the Parashah: Studies on the Weekly Torah Reading Edited by Leib Moscovitz, pages 299–303. Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2005. ISBN965-7108-74-8.
Suzanne A. Brody. "Travelogue." In Dancing in the White Spaces: The Yearly Torah Cycle and More Poems, page 102. Shelbyville, Kentucky: Wasteland Press, 2007. ISBN1-60047-112-9.
James L. Kugel. How To Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now, pages 159, 247, 297, 308, 311, 348, 355, 376, 579, 650. New York: Free Press, 2007. ISBN0-7432-3586-X.
Reuven Hammer. Entering Torah: Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion, pages 251–55. New York: Gefen Publishing House, 2009. ISBN978-965-229-434-0.
David Shneer. "From Whom Do We Learn History? Why Queer Community Needs Texts More Than Other Communities: Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22)" In Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, and David Shneer; foreword by Judith Plaskow, pages 231–34. New York: New York University Press, 2009. ISBN0-8147-2012-9.
The Commentators' Bible: The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot: Deuteronomy. Edited, translated, and annotated by Michael Carasik, pages 3–25. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2015. ISBN978-0-8276-0939-6.
Jonathan Sacks. Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, pages 241–45. New Milford, Connecticut: Maggid Books, 2015. ISBN978-1-59264-432-2.
Jonathan Sacks. Essays on Ethics: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, pages 277–80. New Milford, Connecticut: Maggid Books, 2016. ISBN978-1-59264-449-0.
Shai Held. The Heart of Torah, Volume 2: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, pages 199–208. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2017. ISBN978-0827612716.
Steven Levy and Sarah Levy. The JPS Rashi Discussion Torah Commentary, pages 149–51. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2017. ISBN978-0827612693.