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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Having thus attempted to describe the general contrast of the Priestly Code and the Jehovist in the Mosaic period, it remains for us to compare the several stories in the two works.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
In the Jehovist, one form of the tradition may still be discerned, according to which the Israelites on crossing the Red Sea at once proceeded towards Kadesh, without making the detour to Sinai.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The burning bush shows the theophany in the Jehovist to be the earlier.
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
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
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