| Yahwist | n. Also older . The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Jehovist, Jahwist, Jahvist |