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pre-exilian

British  
/ ˌpriːɪɡˈzɪlɪən /

adjective

  1. Old Testament prior to the Babylonian exile of the Jews (586–538 bc )

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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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