Deuteronomic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomic
First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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The strong impress of Hebrew prophecy is to be found in the deeply marked ethical spirit of the Deuteronomic legislation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
At the same time, these additions must for the most part be prior to D, since many of them are included in Deut. xii.-xxvi., though there are traces of Deuteronomic revision.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Undoubtedly "the Book of the Law" thus discovered was that body of legislation which lies at the heart of the Deuteronomic code; and this was never again lost sight of by the Jewish people.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Washington Gladden
Hence also the term Sepher Berith for the Deuteronomic as well as the Jehovistic Book of the Law.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
In the case of duplicated stories, the Deuteronomic redactors apparently found the stories already in combination, so that the original constituent documents must be further back still.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
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