Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 16/07/2005 12:17, Alexander Oldernes wrote:

> ... In 
> actual fact, before 1100 CE , the Tetragram has been pointed with only the 
> two vowels e, a of the Aramaic word Shema which means "The Name".The vowel o 
> appeared, after 1100 CE , owing to the influence of the reading of the word 
> Adonay.
>  

In actual fact, this is untrue. In Codex Leningradensis from around 1000 
CE, a small minority of instances of the divine name are pointed with 
holam over the middle.

A huge range of views on the divine name can be found on the Internet, 
some unfortunately based on incorrect facts and bad argumentation.

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Peter Kirk
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