[b-hebrew] Ex3:14

kgraham0938 at comcast.net kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Sun Sep 11 22:25:50 EDT 2005


I also think that I AM who I AM is better because I think that it answer Moses' question.  What is your name?

In my mind "I will who I will be." be does not answer the question.

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Kelton Graham 
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> On 11/09/2005 18:35, Vadim Cherny wrote: 
> 
> >... 
> > 
> >- If Ex3:14 contains the name, it could only be "I will be that I will 
> be," a theologically odd notion that God is not currently present. The 
> translation "I am that I am" hinges on the wrong theory that Hebrew lacks 
> tenses. Even in that theory, reading grammatical future tense as present tense 
> is extremely unusual. 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Indeed it would be unusual to read anything as future tense if Hebrew 
> has no tenses! But you misunderstand the theory. On that theory the 
> YIQTOL form used here is not in any sense a future tense, but a timeless 
> continuous verb form. 
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