Reply
Tue 4 Dec, 2007 07:48 pm
a few different spellings are acceptable - Chanukah or Hanukkah or Hanukah.
Yep, that's the nature of using a Western alphabet to simulate Eastern pronunciations.
Re the Torah, er, what do you want to talk about? It's a rather large book.
Since the word 'god' is merely a title and since there are many who are called 'God', why do you decline to spell it?
Is not the Hebrew tetragrammaton a designation for the name of God meaning 'he who causes to become'? I have never quite been able to understand the superstition surrounding the utterance of that name, Yahweh, or Jehovah. I would think that Israelites would proudly announce the name of their God as above all others.
Can you picture David approaching Goliath and answering his taunt with "You are coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you with the name of G_d?" (1Samuel 17:45)
Perhaps we should revere 'the force.'
neologist wrote:Since the word 'god' is merely a title and since there are many who are called 'God', why do you decline to spell it?
Is not the Hebrew tetragrammaton a designation for the name of God meaning 'he who causes to become'? I have never quite been able to understand the superstition surrounding the utterance of that name, Yahweh, or Jehovah. I would think that Israelites would proudly announce the name of their God as above all others.
Can you picture David approaching Goliath and answering his taunt with "You are coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you with the name of G_d?" (1Samuel 17:45)
Perhaps we should revere 'the force.'
Well yeah, but I'm not even a Jew. I am actually Greek Orthodox, but I study the Torah. That's how I got my degree, actually.
-- Percy
PikaPk wrote: . . . I'm not even a Jew. I am actually Greek Orthodox, but I study the Torah. That's how I got my degree, actually.
-- Percy
OK, I'm interested.
Do you have any thoughts on the unutterable name?
What about "Elohim?"
T
K
O
Elohim is a generic word used to represent the true God at times, but also false Gods, such as at 1Samuel 5:7b (Dagon); 1Kings 11:5 ("goddess" Ashtoreth); Daniel 1:2 (Marduk).
It is said to be un-utterable because one of the Ten Commandments says though shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain. That is the explanation. so synonyms are used ...like King of Kings..etc.
There is an interesting discussion of this and other naming conventions on wikipedia.
It's sort of like having an unlisted number, in a way! If anyone needs one, it's the Big Guy! Especially around the time Dubyah tries to reach him for his daily chat.
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace