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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

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Etymology

Origin of Deuteronomist

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

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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

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

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 Julius Wellhausen

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

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

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