Elohist

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "The third author, who lived in the time of Uzziah, though more mythological than the Elohists, was less formal. His standpoint is prophetic."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of four sources of the Torah described by the documentary hypothesis, characterized by an abstract view of God.

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"The third author, who lived in the time of Uzziah, though more mythological than the Elohists, was less formal. His standpoint is prophetic."

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