Jehovist
Americannoun
noun
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another name for the Yahwist
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a person who maintains that the name YHVH in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament was originally pronounced Jehovah
adjective
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Origin of Jehovist
Example Sentences
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But we have to remember that in Genesis vi.-ix. the Jehovist account is mutilated, but the priestly one preserved entire.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
Joshua, again, was added from the consideration that, according to the principle enunciated by the Jehovist in Numbers xiv.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The view is happily gaining ground that, in the mythical universal history of mankind in Genesis i.-xi., the Jehovist version is more primitive than the priestly one.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
These art-products of pedantry toke the place of the living poetic detail of the Jehovist narrative; the element of episode has to give way to the seriousness of dry history.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
With the Jehovist, on the contrary, Moses' work consists in this, that he delivers his people from the Egyptians and cares for it in every way in the wilderness.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
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