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Deuteronomist

American  
[doo-tuh-ron-uh-mist, dyoo-] / ˌdu təˈrɒn ə mɪst, ˌdju- /

noun

  1. one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.


Deuteronomist British  
/ ˌdjuːtəˈrɒnəmɪst /

noun

  1. one of the writers of Deuteronomy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Deuteronomist

First recorded in 1860–65; Deuteronom(y) ( def. ) + -ist

Example Sentences

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Or when the Deuteronomist says: ‘For the Lord your God, the great God, the mighty and the awful,’ he concludes, ‘He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger.’

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

Again it was asserted, and almost with violence, that the Priestly Code could not be later than Deuteronomy, and that the Deuteronomist actually had it before him.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

"Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord," writes the Deuteronomist; "and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might."

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber

Apart from the fact that the Deuteronomist, according to chapter xii., knew nothing of a Mosaic central sanctuary, can he have read what we now read between Exodus xxiv. and xxxii.?

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

This last application is an innovation, connected on the one hand with the abolition of the sanctuaries, and on the other with the tendency of the Deuteronomist to utilise festal mirth for humane ends.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

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