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Of this we have recurring examples in pre-exilian Hebrew history.

The wide prevalence of magic and soothsaying may be illustrated from the historical books of the Old Testament as well as from the pre-exilian prophets.

References to them abound in pre-exilian literature: Judges xxi.

The roots of this conception belong to pre-exilian times, in which the “word” of divine denunciation was regarded as a quasi-material thing.

When Hosea urged pre-exilian† "mercy" and not "burnt offerings," the rabbis gave him black looks.