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Astruc, a celebrated French physician, in 1753 advanced the theory that the Pentateuch—the five books of Moses—consists of two parallel documents, called respectively Yahvistic and Elohistic, from the name applied to God in each.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav

From the ninth verse to the end of the chapter the Elohistic document is used.

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington

The third document incorporated with the Elohistic ones formed an important part of the whole, exhibiting a vividness which the first lacked; with descriptions of persons and things from another stand-point.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

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 Davidson, Samuel

Elō′hist, the writer or writers of the Elohistic passages of the Old Testament.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various