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Biblical tradition asserts that the revelation of God to Moses in the burning bush involved also a declaration of the divine name, the Tet (represented by the letters Y, H, W, H), and its meaning. There are indications that the divine name was known prior to the time of Moses, although ultimate questions of origin and precise meaning are shrouded in obscurity. IN fact, even the exact pronunciation of the name (usually pronounced YAHWEH) is by no means certain. The author of The Divine Name in the Bible surveys the immense literature on this subject, and traces the use of various names for deity in Israel from patriarchal times onwards, with special attention to the significance of the Tetragrammaton, which in course of time, became the name by which the God of Israel was known. Various aspects of the theological meaning of the name in the Old Testament writings are explored. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Jewish Talmudic literature, and later mystical writings are also examined. The translators of the Old Testament into Greek used Kyrios as the equivalent for YHWH—with implications for the New Testament understanding of the person of Jesus Christ, reflected also in subsequent Christological formulations.

God --- God (Judaism) --- Elohim --- Jehovah --- Yahveh --- Yahweh --- Yehovah --- Yhwh --- Name. --- Dieu --- Dieu (Judaisme) --- Nom. --- Noms.

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Generations of Christians, Janet Soskice demonstrates, once knew God and Christ by hundreds of remarkable names. These included the appellations 'Messiah', 'Emmanuel', 'Alpha', 'Omega', 'Eternal', 'All-Powerful', 'Lamb', 'Lion', 'Goat', 'One', 'Word', 'Serpent' and 'Bridegroom'. In her much-anticipated new book, Soskice argues that contemporary understandings of divinity could be transformed by a return to a venerable analogical tradition of divine naming. These ancient titles - drawn from scripture - were chanted and sung, crafted and invoked (in polyphony and plainsong) as they were woven into the worship of the faithful. However, during the sixteenth century Descartes moved from 'naming' to 'defining' God via a series of metaphysical attributes. This made God a thing among things: a being amongst beings. For the author, reclaiming divine naming is not only overdue. It can also re-energize the relationship between philosophy and religious tradition. This path-breaking book shows just how rich and revolutionary such reclamation might be.

God (Christianity) --- Theology. --- Name. --- Attributes. --- Christian theology --- Theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Attributes of God --- Appropriation (Christian theology) --- Elohim --- Jehovah --- Yahveh --- Yahweh --- Yehovah --- Yhwh

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"This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"--

God --- God (Judaism) --- Elohim --- Jehovah --- Yahveh --- Yahweh --- Yehovah --- Yhwh --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Name --- Name. --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) --- Baal --- Baal Shamen --- Baal Shemin --- Bel --- Baal (Canaanite deity) --- Ishtar --- Ištar --- Inanna --- Astarte --- Gods, Canaanite --- Ancient Near Eastern deities. --- Divine epithets.

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Recognizing the absence of a God named Yahweh outside of ancient Israel, this study addresses the related questions of Yahweh's origins and the biblical claim that there were Yahweh-worshipers other than the Israelite people. Beginning with the Hebrew Bible, with an exhaustive survey of ancient Near Eastern literature and inscriptions discovered by archaeology, and using anthropology to reconstruct religious practices and beliefs of ancient Edom and Midian, this study proposes an answer. Yahweh-worshiping Midianites of the Early Iron Age brought their deity along with metallurgy into ancient Palestine and the Israelite people.

God (Judaism) --- Tetragrammaton --- God (Christianity) --- 221.08*01 --- 221.08*01 Theologie van het Oude Testament: God--(Godsleer) --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: God--(Godsleer) --- Elohim --- Jehovah --- Yahveh --- Yahweh --- Yehovah --- Yhwh --- Name

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Jehovah's Witnesses --- les Témoins de Jéhovah --- protestantisme anglo-saxon --- tradition catholique --- persécution --- résistance spirituelle --- la foi --- judéo-christianisme --- unitarisme --- YHWH --- Jéhovah --- le Seigneur Jésus-Christ --- Dieu --- la France --- sécularisation --- pluralisme religieux