Jehovist
noun
Jehovistic
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a word derived from
Jehovist.
Example Sentences
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The second Jehovistic source, E, breathes the air of the prophets much more markedly, and shows a more advanced and thorough-going religiosity.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
These documents are known, therefore, as the Elohistic and the Jehovistic narratives.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Washington Gladden
The language of the pre-exilic historical books is in general much akin to that of the Jehovistic work; that of the Priestly Code, on the contrary, is quite different.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
The "wonderful reports" that reached the Jehovistic writer who inserted this tale into the Hebrew Scriptures, were from the Chaldean account of the confusion of tongues.
The triple statement of Abraham and Isaac passing off a wife for a sister was next in interest; and here also the two which concern Abraham are contrasted as Jehovistic and Elohistic.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman
