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- noun A
writer ofDeuteronomy in theBible .
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Historisch-Kritisch Onderzoek I. (Leyden, 1861), p. 165; the reviser of the Pentateuch must be sought in the same circles in which the Book of Origins (Q) arose and was gradually extended and modified, i.e., among the priests of Jerusalem, p. 194; it is generally thought that the Deuteronomist is the reviser of the whole Book of Joshua, but his hand is not to be traced everywhere, -- not, for example, in the priestly sections; the last reviser is to be distinguished from the Deuteronomist.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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The Deuteronomist, did not agree, being Jerusalem oriented and vilified Omri's reign to a much greater degree than the archaelogical evidence would support.
The Greatest Disagreement in the Bible? Job vs. Chronicles James F. McGrath 2010
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* D, the Deuteronomist thought to be an rearrangement of pre-exile material during the time of Babylonian exile.
"My problem was, how am I going to draw God?" Ann Althouse 2009
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I don't see why all Jewish authors should be obligated to follow the Deuteronomist in their interpretations of God and history.
Blogging from Singapore's SBL Conference: Tuesday Horace Jeffery Hodges 2005
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The old story of the Gibeonites could provide a “historical” context in which the Deuteronomist explained how this might be done.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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But even with all his twists and explanations, the second Deuteronomist could not end the story with a hopeless future.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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The old story of the Gibeonites could provide a “historical” context in which the Deuteronomist explained how this might be done.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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The fact that the Deuteronomist employs the united monarchy as a powerful tool of political propaganda suggests that in his time the episode of David and Solomon as rulers over a relatively large territory in the central highlands was still vivid and widely believed.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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But even with all his twists and explanations, the second Deuteronomist could not end the story with a hopeless future.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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The fact that the Deuteronomist employs the united monarchy as a powerful tool of political propaganda suggests that in his time the episode of David and Solomon as rulers over a relatively large territory in the central highlands was still vivid and widely believed.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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