23 Quotes by Julius Wellhausen

All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship.

From the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the history of worship is accordingly dated, – and to a certain extent with justice.

To my thinking, this: – that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.

And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah’s reformation.

One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David’s time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public.