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  1. adj. Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity.

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  • “The other document is called the Jehovistic, because Deity therein is always called Jehovah, - or Lord God, as our common”

    Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures

  • “Any verse, or group of verses, e.g. involving the distinction between the clean and the unclean, will belong to the _Jehovistic_ source, as it is called (J).”

    Introduction to the Old Testament

  • “In this way the Psalter falls into three great groups -- book I (i. -xli.), which is Jehovistic, books 2 and 3 (xlii. -lxxxix.), which are Elohistic, and books 4 and”

    Introduction to the Old Testament

  • “He held that there were certain traces of "two distinct original documents; the Elohistic and the Jehovistic which served as a basis for the final compiler of the first four books of the Pentateuch, and he is satisfied with establishing between them a certain concordance, leaving untouched their original redaction".”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy

  • “The first part (i-xii) is made up of two documents, probably J and E (Jehovistic and Elohistic elements), put together by J E and later revised by the Deuterocanonical editor (D); to this latter is assigned all of the first chapter.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

  • “Of these the oldest is the Jehovistic, or J, dating from the ninth century B.C.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery

  • Jehovistic views presented in Genesis present to the mind only an individual God.”

    Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.,

  • “In the Jehovistic account, however, in the second chapter of the same book, a document of much later date, man is made first and afterward woman.”

    The God-Idea of the Ancients

  • “Colenso observes that verse four of chapter second belongs to the Elohist, and that it was removed from its original position at the beginning of Gen. i., in order to form the commencement of the Jehovistic account of the creation. 4”

    The God-Idea of the Ancients

  • “According to the story of creation as set forth in the Jehovistic account, on Saturday night, after God had finished his work, and immediately after he had commanded Adam to "be fruitful," he presents him with a staff, which we observe is handed down to Enoch and all the patriarchs.”

    The God-Idea of the Ancients

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