The writer of the passages of theOld Testament, especially those of thePentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. SeeElohist.
1862, Samuel Davidson,An Introduction to the Old Testament, Critical, Historical, and Theological:
The characteristic manner of theJehovist differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration.
