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J. The abbreviation (of German “Jahvist”) used by scholars to designate the Yahwist source in Pentateuchal source criticism. See YAHWIST (“J”) SOURCE.
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (3:590). New York: Doubleday.
2:
J, the siglum for the Yahwist (from the German form Jahvist), one of the sources of the material in the Pentateuch. See also Sources of the Pentateuch; Yahwist.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (442). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
3:
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Symbol of the Yahwist (Ger. Jahvist, from Heb. YHWH, “Yahweh” or “the Lord”), the earliest of the primary sources which critics ascribe to the Pentateuch.
See Biblical Criticism; Yahwist
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (663). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
