Deuteronomist

American  

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

noun

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

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Deuteronomist British  

/ ˌdjuːtəˈrɒnəmɪst /

noun

1. one of the writers of Deuteronomy

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Other Word Forms

• Deuteronomistic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Deuteronomist

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

Example Sentences

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

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

With the Jehovist and the Deuteronomist the Sabbath, which, it is true, is already extended in Amos viii.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

This legend, however, does not really belong to the Deuteronomist, but is a still later addition, as is easily to be seen from the fact that the sentence xii.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

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