1. See, e.g., Brueggemann, 63; Christensen, Deuteronomy 1:1-21:9, 103; Craigie,146; Miller, 67; Mayes, 159; von Rad, 55; Thompson, 111.
2. Driver, 79-80, stresses repeatedly their superfluidity.
3. J. R. Lundbom, "The Inclusio and other Framing Devices in Deuteronomy I-XXVIII," Vetus Testamentum 46 (1996): 302-4; see also, McConville, 101.
4. Nelson, 72.
5. On this, see the excellent work by W. Brueggemann, The Land (OBT 1; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977).