Elohist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elohist \E*lo"hist\, n.
     The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old
     Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are
     characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the
     name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from {Jehovist}.
     --S. Davidson.


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