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Deuteronomic Reform

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Date:
c. 622 BCE - 609
Location:
Israel
Jerusalem
Participants:
Israelite
Judah
Key People:
Josiah
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Deuteronomic Reform, great religious reformation instituted in the reign of King Josiah of Judah (c. 640–609 bc). It was so called because the book of the Law found in the Temple of Jerusalem (c. 622 bc), which was the basis of the reform, is considered by scholars to be the same as the law code in the book of Deuteronomy (chapters 12–26). The reform consisted of removing pagan altars and idols from the Temple, destroying rural sanctuaries and fertility cults, and centralizing worship at the Temple of Jerusalem.

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