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Definition of Jehovist

Jehovist
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. 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. 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.
Jehovist
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.

Meaning of Jehovist from wikipedia

- Look up jehovist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jehovist may refer to: Jehovist or Yahwist, an adherent of Yahwism Jahwist, one of the four sources...
- Pertaining to Yahwism, a hypothetical religion in ancient Israel and Judah Jehovist (disambiguation) Yahweh (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
- those who say that guides to Hebrew are perpetuating "scholarly myths". "Jehovist" scholars, largely earlier than the 20th century, who believe /dʒəˈhoʊvə/...
- idea that Genesis was composed by combining two identifiable sources, the Jehovist ("J"; also called the Yahwist) and the Elohist ("E"). These sources were...
- "On Expulsion of Active Parti****nts of the anti-Soviet Illegal Sect of Jehovists and their Family Members" (Постановление Совета Министров СССР о выселении...
- idea that Genesis was composed by combining two identifiable sources, the Jehovist ("J"; also called the Yahwist) and the Elohist ("E"). These sources were...
- Yehowists (also Yehowist-Ilyinites, Ilyinists, Ilyintsy, Jehovists, Sect of the Right-hand Brotherhood, The Message of Zion, Russian: ильинцы, секта десного...
- Stalin a secret notice which listed the planned numbers of deported "Jehovists" from Ukraine, Belorussia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Moldova, with...
- caught. These included Eastern Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Russian Jehovists, Buddhists (Buriats and Kalmyks were permitted to practice Buddhism but...
- North" (in Russian) In Soviet do****ents, the group was often called the Jehovists. In the footnotes to his book Against Their Will, Pavel Polyan notes that...