Footnote 2 – Books in Brief

Scholars divide the Pentateuch into four principal authorial strands J for the Yahwist (Jahwist in German) because Yahweh is the customary appellation of God in this strand; E for the Elohist because Elohim or a form of that name is the customary appellation of God in this strand; P for the priestly code; and D for the Deuteronomist.