Definitions for "Elohist"
The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist.
One of the four sources of the Pentateuch, this one dates to ca. 750 BCE and probably comes from Northern Israel (Samaria); it is usually abbreviated "E"
The Elohist (E) is one of the sources of the Torah postulated by the documentary hypothesis.