Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <r.j.furuli AT east.uio.no>]

Dear Liz,

I overlooked one question of yours. I am now at my office without having 
access to the French edition of the book. But I think his conclusion is 
that the pronunciation of the name was close to YE-HO-WA(H).


Regards

Rolf

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo


So, nu?
What does he conclude, how is it pronounced?
What does it mean?
Or, do we have to buy the book?
Liz


>
>
> There is a new book on this subject that soon will be published in
> English. I have read the French edition: "Gérard Gertoux (1999) Un
> Historique du Nom Divin YHWH, Paris: L'Harmattan. It will soon be
> published in English by "University Press of America": I got a
> pre-publication discount of 20 % by ordering it last week
> (custserv AT rowman.com.); ordinary price is $ 47.
>
> The author has marshaled a huge amount of material from Hebrew and
> cognate languages, and while it is difficult to draw definite
> conclusions regarding the pronunciation of the name, this is the most
> thorough discussion I have seen.