Deuteronomist
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomist
First recorded in 1860–65; Deuteronom(y) ( def. ) + -ist
Example Sentences
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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 Wellhausen, Julius
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
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
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
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