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1 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Tara1 | 106478 | ||
Hi Eddie, The answer is yes. Hebrew manuscripts contain YHWH but Greek manuscripts of the New Testement no longer exist that have what must have been the original. So a study of evidence (both Biblical and secular) provides for us that it was changed except in Revelation 19:1 (praise Jehovah)where the shortened form is still there. The original Hebrew text of the Holy Scriptures used numerous terms for God, such as Almighty, Creator, Father, and Lord. Yet, the instances in which he is referred to by his personal name far outnumber all of the other terms combined. Clearly, it is God’s will that we use his name. Consider the following list of terms as they appear in the Hebrew Scriptures. Jehovah-- 6,973 times; God-- 2,605 times; Almighty-- 48 times; Lord-- 40 times; Maker-- 25 times; Creator --7 times; Father-- 7 times; Ancient of Days-- 3 times; and Grand Instructor -- 2 times. In the New Testament the name of Almighty God Jehovah or YHWH appeared at least 237 times. http://hector3000.future.easyspace.com/jhvh.htm provides a compressive list of Bible translations (around 200 New Testament translations) that uses the Divine Name YHWH. It is true that many modern translations do not use God’s name. They have chosen to follow the “custom” of the Catholic priest Jerome of 405 C. E. who translated the Latin Vulgate and substituted the word “Lord” for YHVH. His practice followed the practice or custom of Judaism who during the first and second centuries C. E. had a superstition regarding the Divine Name as too sacred to pronounce. Tara1 |
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2 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Morant61 | 107016 | ||
Greetings Tara1! You wrote: "The answer is yes. Hebrew manuscripts contain YHWH but Greek manuscripts of the New Testement no longer exist that have what must have been the original." The Hebrew manuscripts contain the tetragrammaton because it is Hebrew. The Greek manuscripts do not contain it because they are Greek, not Hebrew. We have literally thousands of Greek manuscripts for the New Testament. Some of them date back to the first and second century. They all translate YHWH as 'kurios'. There was no conspiracy to 'remove' YHWH from the Greek texts - it was never there to begin with! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Hank | 107026 | ||
Hi, Tim: Surely you don't believe that the beneficient Santa Claus of the Sky whom we call God would have any objection to His all-wise and all-knowing creatures adding a few words to His word here and taking away a few words there! I mean, if adding a few YHWH's to the Greek New Testament will make us feel better, what's wrong with that? Isn't the aim of Christianity to make us feel better, to make us feel all warm and fuzzy-wuzzy inside? Why, Jesus gave His life on the cross so that we could all be happy, healthy and rich. So what's wrong with doctoring up the biblical text until we have it the way we want it, so long as it makes us happy? Shouldn't we formulate our own theology first, get it so that we'll be as happy as pigs in the sunshine, and then rewrite those annoying portions of Scripture that conflict with our own tailor-made theology? We will feel good and be happy when we do. Never mind what Scripture says about this practice. After all, God is good and loves everybody. We don't have to worry about God condemning people to Hell for corrupting His holy word. He wouldn't do such a thing as that! Or would He? --Hank | ||||||
4 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | flinkywood | 107047 | ||
Hank, Here's a quotation from "Church History in Plain Language" by Bruce L. Shelly, part of an introduction to an essay on Gnosticism. I thought it might fit hre: "The Event--God in flesh--has always struck man as religious nonsense. History shows how tirelessly man schemes, searching for some substitute explanation." pg 50. Shelley points out the upside of this scheming on the preceding page (49): "Heretics, in fact, served the Church in an unintended way. Their pioneering attempts to state the truth forced the church to shape 'good' theology'--a rounded , systematic statement of biblical revelation." Heretics are still serving the church today, also in unintended ways. Colin |
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5 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | Ray | 107263 | ||
Hi Colin, I agree that "heretics are still serving the church today, also in unintended ways." I hope that we all can continue to reason together in a spirit of love. God is not finished with us yet. From the heart, Ray |
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6 | Greek-Hebrew New Testment use Yahweh? | OT general | flinkywood | 107271 | ||
Ray, I read your posts often. A director friend of mine once said that he learns more from bad theater than good. I feel the same about bad theology. Is it true you are up against an illness? Blessings to you in all cases. Colin |
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