The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2711 page)

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Yahwist
.
The supposed editor of one of the hypothetical sources of the Jewish
Pentateuch
. According to
Wellhausen
, the Pentateuch was compiled from four separate sources. The oldest source, known as J because it uses the
tetragrammaton
to refer to God, was composed by the Yahwist, and is thought to date from the 9th cent. BCE. However, in recent years the documentary hypothesis has come under question once more.
Yahya
.
Islamic form of
John
the Baptist.
Yajam
na
(instigator of sacrifice):
Yajña
(Hindu sacrifice):
see SACRIFICE (HINDU).
Yajñavalkya
.
Hindu sage at the court of King
Janaka
, to whom
V
jasaneyi-sa
hit
, known also as
White
Yajur
Veda
, is attributed. The adherents of the school which he founded were then called V
jasaneyins. Other works attributed to him include
atapatha Br
hma
a
, to which
B
had
ranyaka Upani
ad
is attached.

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