Deuteronomic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Deuteronomic
First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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The Deuteronomic law sought to relieve this injustice by providing that the husband must place in the hand of his wife, as she departs, a document stating the grounds on which he had divorced her.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
The strong impress of Hebrew prophecy is to be found in the deeply marked ethical spirit of the Deuteronomic legislation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
That revision appears most clearly, it is said, in those parts which follow the Deuteronomic Torah and point back to it.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The book has been touched in a very few places by the Deuteronomic redactor—not to anything like the same extent as Judges or Kings.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen
The Deuteronomic Code gives the same reason for the prohibition of the unclean beasts: “For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God.”
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
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