'Jehovist' definitions:
Definition of 'Jehovist'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'Jehovist'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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]