Deuteronomist
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomist
First recorded in 1860–65; Deuteronom(y) ( def. ) + -ist
Example Sentences
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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 Julius Wellhausen
The Deuteronomist is, in reality, not a historian but a moralist, interpreting the history and the forces, divine as well as human, that were moulding it.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
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 Julius Wellhausen
In point of fact, the good intention of the Deuteronomist proved impossible of realisation; with the high places fell also the priests of the high places.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
"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 R. Heber Newton
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