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Deuteronomy

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Etymology

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From the name which the book bears in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion), from δεύτερος (deúteros, second) +‎ νόμος (nómos, law) +‎ -ιον (-ion), and in the Vulgate Latin Deuteronomium). This is based upon the erroneous Septuagint rendering of משנה התורה הזאת (mishneh ha-torah ha-zot) (17:18), which grammatically can mean only "a repetition [that is, a copy] of this law," but which is rendered by the Septuagint τὸ Δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο (tò Deuteronómion toûto), as though the expression meant "this repetition of the law."

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Deuteronomy

  1. The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
    Synonym: Deut. (abbreviation)
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