What is the meaning of Jehovist?

  • (n.) The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
  • (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.
  • The author of the passages of the Old Testament, especially 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.
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