Elohist
noun
a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh.
Elohistic
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a word derived from
Elohist.
Example Sentences
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Now, too, a redactor put together the Elohistic and Jehovistic documents, making various changes in them, adding throughout sentences or words that seemed desirable, and suppressing what was unsuited to his taste.
From The Canon of the Bible by Samuel Davidson
Yet there are people who not only profess to take this monstrous legend seriously, but who declare it to be reconcilable with the Elohistic account of the creation!
From Mr.Gladstone and Genesis by Thomas Henry Huxley
It is altogether probable that we have the same story ascribed to different actors; and when we find that the one narrative is Elohistic and the other Jehovistic, the problem is solved.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Washington Gladden
Just as the Elohistic account of creation had been stretched to fit the changed views of geologists, so the greater part of the scriptural narratives stood in need of a wider interpretation.
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
The earlier, the Elohistic, when God was only known by the name, "Elohim."
From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by John Delafield
