Deuteronomic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomic
First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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Modern critics assume that verses 7-23 are 'an interpolation by the Deuteronomic writer,' apparently for no reason but because they trace Israel's fall to its cause in idolatry.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
The most serious effect of the Deuteronomic influence has been to present the history rather from an ideal than from a strictly historical point of view.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar
Deuteronomic Legalism.—The book of Deuteronomy was the product of prophetic teaching operating on traditional custom, which was represented in its essential features by the two codes of legislation contained in Ex. xx. 24-xxiii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
To such a dilemma are we to make up our minds, because one trait or another of the Deuteronomic narrative cannot be traced in JE as we now have it, and is preserved in Q?
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
That its essence was spiritual and ethical is expressed in the Deuteronomic phrases which follow, and the quotation of these is most relevant to the occasion.
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
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