yahwist

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Definition of yahwist in English English dictionary

The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp

{i} supporter of referring to God as "Yahweh

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

Hyphenation

Yah·wist