adjective
- relating to or occurring before the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people (before 586 BCE)
Usage: biblical studies; historical
Examples
- The preexilic prophets warned of coming judgment.
- Scholars debate the dating of preexilic biblical texts.
- The temple was destroyed, ending the preexilic period.
- Preexilic Israel had a different religious structure.
- Many psalms are thought to be preexilic compositions.
- The preexilic monarchy lasted several centuries.