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  • From: furuli AT online.no
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] LORD
  • Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:24:43 +0100

Dear Raymond,


I teach my students of Hebrew that they should read adonay or elohim when they meet YHWH in the text, as you probably do as well. When they translate the text, they are free to use "the Lord", "Yahweh", or "Jehovah", or "Yahu". Why would it be "a very unwelcome situation" if people said Yahweh? I would view it as a very welcome situation. With all respect of those who view the name as ineffable, we must admit that this view goes contrary to linguistic and translational rules just as much as the trinity doctrine. There is absolutely nothing in the text of the Tanach itself that say that a substitute should be used instead of the pronunciation of YHWH. To the contrary, the use of it is encouraged.


Best regards

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo



At 08-02-2003 14:34 Lisbeth S. Fried <lizfried AT umich.edu> wrote:

Translators should put in YHWH, IMO
because otherwise CHristian readers tend to think
it's Jesus the text is talking about!
Liz

Shalom Liz,

I partly do agree with you. The other hand is that many people -unaware of
the Ketib/Qere involved- will read loudly YAHWEH. In Holland we have a
translation, which even has "Yahwe" (instead of YHWH) in it. Although in the
foreword it is said that one should read "Lord" in such case, almost
everyone (including scholarly trained pastors etc.), reads "Jahwe" instead
of "Lord". So I am afraid it would result in a very unwelcome situation that
many people -especially not trained in Hebrew people, IOW many christians)
would start saying Yahweh.

All the best,
Raymond


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