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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And, on the other hand, it is the Jehovist alone who tells of the sending forth of the birds, which occupies a considerable place in the Chaldean tradition.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
It is true that with the Jehovist also the genealogy underlies the narrative as its skeleton.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The whole literary character and loose connection of the Jehovist story of the patriarchs reveals how gradually its different elements were brought together, and how little they have coalesced to a unity.
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 Jehovist belonged to the northern kingdom; the Elohists were of Judah.
From The Canon of the Bible by Samuel Davidson
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