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> [For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be found of any sanctuary of exclusive legitimacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/for-the-earliest-period-of-the-history-of-israel-all-that-precedes/)

[Julius Wellhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-wellhausen/)

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## More by Julius Wellhausen

> [Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/solomon-s-temple-also-was-designed-to-increase-the-attractiveness-of/)

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> [Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/until-the-building-of-solomon-s-temple-the-unity-of-worship-according/)

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> [It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make a skilful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/it-appears-a-bold-thing-to-say-so-when-one-sees-how-much-many-a/)

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> [To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/to-my-thinking-this-that-the-priestly-code-rests-upon-the-result/)

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> [Jeremiah has to lament that there are as many altars as towns in Judah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/jeremiah-has-to-lament-that-there-are-as-many-altars-as-towns-in-judah/)

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> [The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/the-stone-which-jacob-consecrated-at-bethel-the-generation-of-the/)

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> [The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/the-revision-of-the-books-of-judges-samuel-and-kings-undertaken/)

[Julius Wellhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-wellhausen/)

> [It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/it-is-only-in-the-case-of-the-priestly-code-that-opinions-differ/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/one-other-fact-is-significant-the-domestic-feasts-and-sacrifices-of/)

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> [And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/and-finally-it-was-deuteronomy-that-brought-about-the-historical/)

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> [A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/a-judgment-pronounced-in-accordance-with-the-facts-can-therefore/)

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> [All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/all-writers-of-the-chaldaean-period-associate-monotheism-in-the/)

[Julius Wellhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-wellhausen/)

> [The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/the-priestly-code-preponderates-over-the-rest-of-the-legislation-in/)

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> [As we learn from the New Testament, the Jews and the Samaritans in the days of Jesus were not agreed on the question which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/as-we-learn-from-the-new-testament-the-jews-and-the-samaritans-in-the/)

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> [From the building of the temple of Solomon, which is also treated as a leading epoch in chronology, a new period in the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/from-the-building-of-the-temple-of-solomon-which-is-also-treated-as-a/)

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