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.
-- Julius Wellhausen
   
Julius Wellhausen   Name:
Julius Wellhausen
Type:
Educator
Nationality:
German
Birth:
May 17, 1844
Death:
January 17, 1918
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