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Question regarding the name of the Father
I currently came across some question regarding the name of the Father in the Trinity, God the creator. I have seen that a lot of people use the tetragrammaton YHWH especially in the case of Judaism, but I also have come across Jehovah and I have others claim the name of the father to be Yahweh. I u...
I currently came across some question regarding the name of the Father in the Trinity, God the creator. I have seen that a lot of people use the tetragrammaton YHWH especially in the case of Judaism, but I also have come across Jehovah and I have others claim the name of the father to be Yahweh. I understand that this is more Judaism focused but I think it deeply should concern us Christians partially because I have come across people all over the internet using the name of the Father to make really outlandish, blasphemous and heretical claims as to the origins of Christianity and Judaism and I personally feel very strongly about it because it not only changes how people look at Christianity and Judaism as a faith but also because it is outright disrespectful for the Abrahamic faiths in general. And so because I want clarity on this subject I want to know if as a Christian, one should attribute the name of the Father as Jehovah or Yahweh? Because the tetragrammaton יהוה keeps the vowels hidden, but again I think it matters because people are associating different agendas to the name of the Father. Edit: For added context as to what the claims that had been made by people is when I came across people and scholars saying that Yahweh was an ancient Canaanite God among a pantheon of gods and even saying he had a goddess wife and in this case I definitely think it matters because what in the world is happening here. People are trying to discredit the authenticity of the Abrahamic faith. I personally think this is blasphemous and actually an attack at someone's faith and believe.
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Apr 2, 2024, 08:56 AM • Last activity: Apr 3, 2024, 11:10 PM
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Why did the KJV translators translate יהוה on the extremely rare occasion as IEHOVAH rather than LORD?
The KJV translators almost always translated the Tetragrammaton into English as "LORD" (all capital letters). For example, in Deut. 6:4: ![enter image description here][1] But, on the rare occasion—**extremely** rare—they chose instead to write "IEHOVAH" instead of "LORD." Now, this question is NOT...
The KJV translators almost always translated the Tetragrammaton into English as "LORD" (all capital letters). For example, in Deut. 6:4: enter image description here But, on the rare occasion—**extremely** rare—they chose instead to write "IEHOVAH" instead of "LORD." Now, this question is NOT about the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton. The question is, why did the KJV translators seemingly break their rule of writing "LORD" for the Tetragrammaton in these instances? For example, in Exo. 6:3: enter image description here in Psa. 83:18: enter image description here in Isa. 12:2: enter image description here in Isa. 26:4: enter image description here
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Aug 23, 2013, 06:47 AM • Last activity: Jul 17, 2023, 01:50 PM
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, why does the word Jehovah not get inserted into the Bible until Genesis 2:4?
I was reading the NWT translation just a few moments ago and I notice that throughout all of Genesis chapter 1, God is specifically used 32 times (there are 31 verses in Genesis 1). We do not see the word Jehovah inserted in the NWT translation until verse 4 of Chapter 2. Why is that?
I was reading the NWT translation just a few moments ago and I notice that throughout all of Genesis chapter 1, God is specifically used 32 times (there are 31 verses in Genesis 1). We do not see the word Jehovah inserted in the NWT translation until verse 4 of Chapter 2. Why is that?
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Feb 14, 2023, 01:54 AM • Last activity: Jul 17, 2023, 01:49 PM
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