Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jane Harper <jharper AT woh.rr.com>]

At 14:35 2/8/2003, you wrote:
> I disagree.  I personally think that a whole lot that is wrong
> in Christian-Jewish relations would be healed if YHWH were
> written in Christian OTs, and if the name Yahweh or Yahu were said.
> I think that ought to be done in temples and synagogues too.
> I brought a Christian friend to temple with me once and she was
> surprised and shocked to learn that Jews pray to the Lord too!
> Gods and people have names just for that very reason, to avoid
> confusion. God has a name, I suggest we use it.

Since we're talking about *teaching* Hebrew here, I gotta ask:  do you 
think this facilitates learning?  Is it the job of an instructor to offend 
her students, regardless of the social agenda?  Is it the job of an 
instructor to HAVE a social agenda?

I wasn't the only one in that course who was deeply disturbed by the 
professor's actions.  I was just the only one who wasn't *required* to take 
the course.

And I guess this has gotten off-topic.  So I'll have to leave all the 
challenges in replies unanswered.

Jane Harper

Every complex problem has a solution that is simple, direct, plausible, and 
wrong. -- H.L. Mencken