/ˈjɑːveɪɪz(ə)m//ˈjɑːhwɪz(ə)m/.Jahvismn.
/ˈjɑːvɪz(ə)m//ˈjɑːveɪɪz(ə)m//ˈjɑːhwɪz(ə)m/. (a) The religion of Jahveh; the system of doctrines and precepts connected with the worship of Jahveh. (b) The use of Jahve(h) as a name for God.
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1867 R. Martineau tr. H. Ewald Hist. Israel I. ii. ii. 536 (note) We purposely adopt the term Jahveism as the antithesis to Christianity, rather than Mosaism.
1877 J. E. Carpenter tr. C. P. Tiele Outl. Hist. Relig. 86 Such zealous champions of Jahvism as Saul and David.
1879 N. Smyth Old Faiths in New Light iv Even the rationalistic Kuenen..rejects the possibility of an Egyptian origin for the Javehism of Moses.
1882 Athenæum 14 Oct. 490/2 He is still ready to see in Yahwism too much the creation of the prophets.
1900 R. H. Charles Eschatol. 13 Preprophetic Yahwism from Moses to the 8th century.
Derivatives
ˈJahvist n. /ˈjɑːvɪst/ (also in form Yahvist) (a) a worshipper of Jahveh or Yahweh; (b) the writer of the (non-Deuteronomic) portions of the Hexateuch which are marked by the use of Jahveh (Jehovah) as the name of God, instead of Elohim; = Jehovist n. 2.
/ˈjɑːvɪst/ (also in form Yahvist) (a) a worshipper of Jahveh or Yahweh; (b) the writer of the (non-Deuteronomic) portions of the Hexateuch which are marked by the use of Jahveh (Jehovah) as the name of God, instead of Elohim; = Jehovist n. 2.ΘΚΠ
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Jahvist1892
1892 W. E. Addis Docum. Hexat. Introd. 29 Hupfeld convinced inquirers that..three documents have been used in the compilation of Genesis: viz. that of the ‘Priestly Writer’, of the Elohist, and of the Jahvist.
1898 G. B. Gray in Expositor May 347 The Elohist and Yahvist must have copied the Babylonian story.
1912 R. A. S. Macalister Hist. & Civilization Palestine vii. 92 The traditions set down by the Yahvist and the Elohist.
Jahˈvistic adj. of or pertaining to Jahvism, or to the authorship of the Jahvist.
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Jahvistic1874
1874 tr. Kuenen's Relig. Israel I. 344 The stricter Jahvistic party which was led by the prophets of Jahveh.
1885 Athenæum 16 May 623/2 The Elohistic account is separated from the Jahvistic by a longer break.
1894 A. Lang in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 171 The rebuke and the prediction are a..Jahvehistic gloss and interpolation.
1899 R. H. Charles Hibbert Lect. Syllabus Yahwistic eschatology starts from the new value set on the individual.
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