Meaning of Yahwist | Babel Free

Definitions

A follower of the Iron Age religion of Yahwism.

historical

Examples

“The Yahwist especially enjoys putting the long speeches into God's own mouth. Yahweh dialogues with Adam in the Garden of Eden about the first sin; he carries on a monologue with himself over whether he should bring on a flood in Genesis 6; he discusses with Abraham the sin and destruction of Sodom in Genesis 18; he plays with Moses' request to see the divine face in Exodus 33.”

“When Westermann comes to deal with the literary stage of the tradition, however, he once again refers to von Rad's view of the Yahwist as a historian in the Davidic-Solomonic era. He states that the Yahwist's work "is the first, as far as we know, in the history of the world to bring together a historical whole that encompasses several different epocs [sic]".”

“The Yahwist (J) has also come under controversial discussion as well in the recent years.”

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