Elohist
English
editProper noun
editElohist
- One of four sources of the Torah described by the documentary hypothesis, characterized by an abstract view of God.
Noun
editElohist (plural Elohists)
- The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; distinguished from Jehovist.
- 1877, Samuel Davidson, The Canon of the Bible:
- The third author, who lived in the time of Uzziah, though more mythological than the Elohists, was less formal. His standpoint is prophetic.