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

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

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

"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

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 McFadyen, John Edgar

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