Deuteronomic

American  

[doo-ter-uh-nom-ik, dyoo-] / ˌdu tər əˈnɒm ɪk, ˌdyu- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.

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Etymology

Origin of Deuteronomic

First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

Even vigorous persecution or keen exclusiveness of feeling have—pace Lord Acton—saved for mankind, at certain crises of its difficult development, convictions of priceless worth—as in the Deuteronomic Reform and the Johannine Writings.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

Its importance is attested by Judges viii. 22-28, and we may disregard the “snare” which the Deuteronomic writer condemns in accordance with the later canons of orthodoxy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

A typical illustration of the Deuteronomic attitude to the history is to be found in the statement that Joshua obliterated the people of Gezer, x.

From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar

The book has been touched in a very few places by the Deuteronomic redactor—not to anything like the same extent as Judges or Kings.

From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar

Certain of these laws simply reiterate in slightly different form those already found in the primitive and Deuteronomic codes; but in general they supplement these earlier codes.

From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Kent, Charles Foster