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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At least this principle would have to be applied to the Jehovist and Deuteronomy too, and not to the Priestly Code only.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
In making the following attempt in this direction, I start from the comparison of the three constituents of the Pentateuch,—the Priestly Code, Deuteronomy, and the work of the Jehovist.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
With the Jehovist and the Deuteronomist the Sabbath, which, it is true, is already extended in Amos viii.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
A comparison of the two narratives shows that all which relates to the creation of Eve, the Garden of Eden, and Adam's transgression, exists only in the Jehovist text.
From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall
The Jehovist belonged to the northern kingdom; the Elohists were of Judah.
From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel
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