Jahwist

Noun

Meaning

Jahwist (plural Jahwists)

Alternative form of Jehovist

Examples

Conversely, in the Jahwist source, Balaam arrives, the spirit of God comes upon him, and he simply delivers a blessing and a prophecy, in succession. Source: Internet

The documentary hypothesis proposes that the Torah was compiled from various original sources, two of which (the Jahwist and the Elohist ) are named for their usual names for God (YHWH and Elohim respectively). Source: Internet

The poems themselves are considered to predate the Jahwist and Elohist, and simply to have been embedded by them in their works. Source: Internet

While the Elohist took off whatever introduction was present in the poems they chose, the Jahwist left it on. Source: Internet

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