How Did the Priestly and Deuteronomistic Writers Interpret the Exile

question 39

Essay

How did the Priestly and Deuteronomistic writers interpret the exile? What was God's role in these events according to these sources?

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Anxious Ambivalent-Insecurely Attached

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Securely Attached

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Self-Concept

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