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Definition of Elohist

Elohist
Elohist E*lo"hist, n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. --S. Davidson.

Meaning of Elohist from wikipedia

- According to the do****entary hypothesis, the Elohist (or simply E) is one of four source do****ents underlying the Torah, together with the Jahwist (or...
- (Torah), together with the Deuteronomist, the Priestly source and the Elohist. The existence of the Jahwist text is somewhat controversial, with a number...
- compilation of four originally independent do****ents: the Jahwist (J), Elohist (E), Deuteronomist (D), and Priestly (P) sources. The first of these, J...
- looking for Adam and Eve. The Elohist source often presents Elohim as more distant and frequently involves angels, as in the Elohist version of the tale of Jacob's...
- "Elohist source" mentions only that both parents were Levites without identifying their names (Exodus 2:1–2). Some scholars suspect that the "Elohist source"...
- earlier source texts, namely the Jahwist and Elohist texts. Textual scholars regard the Jahwist text and Elohist text as both having an account of the naming...
- holding that the Torah was composed by using four different sources—Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly and Deuteronomist—that were combined into one in the Persian...
- account of the threat to enslave Benjamin is just the Elohist's version of the same event, with the Elohist being more terse about Joseph's emotions towards...
- earlier Elohist source, mentions only that both his parents were Levites (without identifying their names). Critical scholars suspect that the Elohist account...
- attribute to different sources: one to the Yahwist and the other to the Elohist; the first explanation given by the Torah is that the name refers to God...