Deuteronomic

Its importance is attested by Judges viii. 22-28, and we may disregard the “snare” which the Deuteronomic writer condemns in accordance with the later canons of orthodoxy.

The strong impress of Hebrew prophecy is to be found in the deeply marked ethical spirit of the Deuteronomic legislation.

Thus the priesthood is still further restricted as compared with the restriction already noted in the Deuteronomic legislation.

Deuteronomic Legalism.—The book of Deuteronomy was the product of prophetic teaching operating on traditional custom, which was represented in its essential features by the two codes of legislation contained in Ex. xx. 24-xxiii.

The influence of the Deuteronomic tradition in redaction is seen in such passages as Genesis xxxiii.