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Elohist

Old Testament 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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But in the first of many argumentative reversals, Auerbach turns on the Elohist. While the historical style of the Old Testament is to be commended for its honesty, its teleological narrative structure forces its reader into acts of interpretive dishonesty.
The honest and dishonest critic: style and substance in Mikhail Bakhtin's "Discourse in The Novel" and Erich Auerbach's Mimesis
Hosea, the Elijah cycle, and the Elohist pentateuchal tradition all sought to clarify for their audience that Elohim was really Yahweh in particular.
A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim.
Exodus contains three accounts of Yahweg introducing himself to Moses, written by the Yahwist (J), the Elohist (E), and P.
Has Religion Been Disproven?
But having reviewed the variety of ancient Near-Eastern genres dealing with the past, we are then offered detailed accounts of the historiographies of the Deuteronomist, the Yahwist, the Elohist and the Priestly writer(s) who, in their conventional chronological sequence (J,E,D,P) show a dissolution of the sacral character of monarchy.
Etudes d'histoire religieuse et de philologie biblique
21]," whereas the "Elohist" or "E" writers (who stressed God's transcendence) gave rise to none.
Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct?
Genesis is a patchwork of sources termed "priestly," "Elohist," and "Yahwist" (37), and Isaiah is a compiled work by at least three prophets (159).
Reading Milton under modernist lights
Tables (332, 338, 343) show the variant Septuagint numeration; the fivefold division suggested by the colophons: Psalm 41:14; 72:18-19; 89:52; 106:48; and the attributions to an Elohist (Pss 1-41), David-Solomon (Pss 51-65, 68-72), Asaph (Pss 50, 73-83), and the sons of Korah (Pss 42-49, 84-88).
Salmi e letteratura Sapienziale: Pregare Dio nella vita
"E," the Elohist Epic, calls God "Elohim" until the burning bush story and then switches to Yahweh or combines the two.
Errors of the Elohist
Compare also the references to bull worship coming from the polemical pens of the Elohist, Hosea, and the Deuteronomist.
Divine images and aniconism in ancient Israel
Next, fragments attributed to the Elohist and the Yahwist (for which the ugly form 'Jehowist' is used).
Der Tempelkult in Kanaan und Israel. Studien zur Kultgeschichte Palastinas von der Mittelbronzezeit bis zum Untergang Judas
Some scholars have suggested that these verses are a conflation of two traditions, the Elohist in verses 12-15a and 18b and verses 15b-18a of Priestly origin.
The transfiguration of our Lord: February 6, 2005
Note here the "Elohist Psalms" 42-83, especially 53 repeated from 14, omitting YHWH (202).
Das Namensmissbrauch-Verbot (Exodus 20,7/Dtn 5,11): Bedeutung, Entstehung, und fruhe Wirkungsgeschichte. (Book Reviews)

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