jehovist

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jehovist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jehovist \Je*ho"vist\, n.
     1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word
        Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; --
        opposed to adonist.
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     2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament,
        especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme
        Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
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              The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs
              from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is
              fuller and freer in his descriptions; more
              reflective in his assignment of motives and causes;
              more artificial in mode of narration. --S. Davidson.
        [1913 Webster]

  Yahwist \Yah"wist\, n. Also Jahvist \Jah"vist\, Jahwist
  \Jah"wist\, older Jehovist \Je*ho"vist\
     The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those
     of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah;
     the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic
     Document (J); also, the document itself.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]