pre-exilian
Britishadjective
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Of this we have recurring examples in pre-exilian Hebrew history.
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The wide prevalence of magic and soothsaying may be illustrated from the historical books of the Old Testament as well as from the pre-exilian prophets.
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References to them abound in pre-exilian literature: Judges xxi.
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The roots of this conception belong to pre-exilian times, in which the “word” of divine denunciation was regarded as a quasi-material thing.
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Some critics hold that it belongs, at all events in great part, to the “pre-exilian” period of Dante’s life; while others place it as late as 1310.
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