Meaning Of The Word Elohist

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Elohist in American English
the unknown author of those parts of the Hebrew scriptures in which the name Elohim, instead of Yahweh (Jehovah), is used for God
noun: a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh

Elohist in British English
noun: the supposed author or authors of one of the four main strands of text of the Pentateuch, identified chiefly by the use of the word Elohim for God instead of YHVH (Jehovah)

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