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- adjective Relating to the history of the Jews before their exile in Babylonia in the sixth century BC.
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The strong drift toward preexilic Judaism increasingly alienated early converts who had wanted simply to restore the apostolic Christian church and who opposed such innovations as plural marriage, temple ordinances, baptism for the dead, and the political Kingdom of God.
Secrets of the Mormons Davis, David Brion 1985
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Much more correctly than modern scholars did these men judge, who at the close of the preexilic history looked back on the forces which had moulded it, both the divine and those opposed to God.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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Making all allowance for the older sources utilised, and to a large extent transcribed word for word, in Judges, Samuel, and Kings, we find that apart from the Pentateuch the preexilic portion of the Old Testament amounts in bulk to little more than the half of the entire volume.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
manilamac commented on the word preexilic
If you have a catagory for weird looking words, preexilic should qualify.
September 8, 2009