Julius Wellhausen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent.”

“Jeremiah has to lament that there are as many altars as towns in Judah.”

“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.”

“Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there.”