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Jahwist
One of the four sources of the Torah / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Yahwism.
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The Jahwist, or Yahwist, often abbreviated J, is one of the most widely recognized sources of the Pentateuch (Torah), together with the Deuteronomist, the Priestly source and the Elohist. The existence of the Jahwist text is somewhat controversial, with a number of scholars, especially in Europe, denying that it ever existed as a coherent independent document.[4] Nevertheless, many scholars do assume its existence.[5] The Jahwist is so named because of its characteristic use of the term Yahweh (German: Jahwe; Hebrew: יהוה) for God.[6]
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- J: Yahwist (10th–9th century BCE)[1][2]
- E: Elohist (9th century BCE)[1]
- Dtr1: early (7th century BCE) Deuteronomist historian
- Dtr2: later (6th century BCE) Deuteronomist historian
- P*: Priestly (6th–5th century BCE)[3][2]
- D†: Deuteronomist
- R: Redactor
- DH: Deuteronomistic history (books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings)