Deuteronomic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomic
First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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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
This does not exhaust the list of judges, but it exhausts the list of those whose stories are used to illustrate the Deuteronomic scheme.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
How could the former be defined in the time of Josiah as this Covenant or described in Deuteronomic phrases?
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Sir George Adam Smith
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 John Edgar McFadyen
The Deuteronomic legislation is designed for the reformation, by no means of the cultus alone, but at least quite as much of the civil relations of life.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
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