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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Liz Fried <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Variants of YHWH in the BHS Text
  • Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:12:22 -0700

On 27/09/2003 14:47, Liz Fried wrote:

. If I

may be forgiven for waxing theological for a moment, God doesn't

care what

you call Him; all He cares is that He hears from you once in a while! ;-)




Agreed!

Dear Peter and Dave, et. al.
This is something that I absolutely do not agree with!
My daughter married a Hindu, and said to me that there
is only one god, therefore, what does it matter if you call
him Shiva or Yahweh? Nope.
These are different gods. You can tell that they are
different gods. One way you can tell is that they have different names.
Names are important.
Best,
Liz

Don't confuse the form of the name with the identity of the addressee. I might use the same name to address Dave Washburn and David Donnelly, but that doesn't imply that I think they are the same person. When yet another David addressed 'ELOHIM in some of the psalms, he was not addressing Baal or Chemosh, but others might have used the same words in address to the latter two. When I pray "Dear God,...", I am not addressing Shiva, but your son-in-law might address Shiva with the same words. I'm sure YHWH, and Shiva if he exists, know which of them is being addressed without us having to use different names.

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/






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