Fw: [b-hebrew] LORD
Yigal Levin
Yigal-Levin at utc.edu
Thu Feb 13 15:25:28 EST 2003
I'm not Walter, but the Hebrew MT of Ps. 110:1 says: "YHWH said to my lord"
(look at JPS), "Adoni", NOT using the plural form "Adonai", which is used
for "The Lord". In the Jewish tradition, YHWH is NOT speaking to a divine
figure, but to a human, whom the psalmist calls "my lord". From the
context, this would probably be a priest.
The Christian tradition in Acts 2:34 (cf KJV of Ps. 110:1) read "my LORD",
since it assumed that the author was King David, and since the only one
whom GOD would address as "my LORD" could be Jesus.
Yigal
At 01:46 PM 2/13/2003 -0500, John N Carras wrote:
>Walter,
>Does it make sense to consider a difference of YHWH as opposed to Lord
>found in Hebrew at Psa. 110:1 and then quoted in Acts 2:34? Would not
>Hebrew word-language indicate a difference between YHWH and the second
>instance of Lord in the Psalm?
>John Carras
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 at charter.net>
>To: <b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 08:43:47 -0500
>Subject: [b-hebrew] LORD
>Message-ID: <000a01c2cf78$1b280d30$594dbd42 at yourus67pi6luv>
>
>Liz wrote:
>
>"Translators should put in YHWH, IMO
>because otherwise CHristian readers tend to think
>it's Jesus the text is talking about !"
>
>Liz,
>
>I am "confused" by the logic of your statement. Surely you are aware that
>Christians understand that it was Christ who made the world in 6 days and
>rested on the 7th day, and that it was Christ who appeared to Moses at
>Mount
>Sinai giving the Law to Israel ? So, why would it make any difference
>whether a word is translated YHWH or not for Christian interpreters of
>the
>Old Testament ?
>
>Regards, Walter
>Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld, M.A. Ed.
>www.bibleorigins.net
>
>
>
>
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Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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