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  • From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Variants of YHWH in the BHS Text
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:24:49 -0400



> >>
> >>>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/
>
Yes, you're right of course.
liz
>





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