Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>]

I dont know about the authenticity of this info, but
here's something that seems to point to YHWH worship
in Japan
http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/tribesjapan.htm

Could the Japanese have the answer to the
pronunciation puzzle?

Best wishes,
Sujata

--- "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk> wrote:

> 
> When I was talking about coincidence I meant the
> coincidence 
> that not only are there strong linguistic evidences
> for a yahowah/
> yehowah pronunciation but that also these
> missionaries evidently 
> used it as well.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kirk [mailto:peterkirk AT qaya.org]
> Sent: Thu 7/28/2005 12:17 PM
> To: Read, James C
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
>  
> On 28/07/2005 01:46, Read, James C wrote:
> 
> >
> > I think that would be just far too coincidental to
> believe.
> >
> 
> I don't mean a coincidence, I mean that the
> Cherokees took the name and 
> the stories from the traders, or from missionaries
> who accompanied them. 
> Well, Jack has explained this idea in more detail.
> 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Kirk [mailto:peterkirk AT qaya.org]
> > Sent: Wed 7/27/2005 10:55 PM
> > To: Stephen Segall
> > Cc: Read, James C; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] YHWH pronunciation
> >
> > On 27/07/2005 21:51, Stephen Segall wrote:
> >
> > >The pronunciation was based on diaries kept by
> traders who lived with the
> > >Cherokees for decades and detailed their customs
> and religion.
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > Is it possible that the name of these traders' own
> God was pronounced by
> > them Ye-ho-wah or Je-ho-vah, and that they might
> themselves have passed
> > on to the Cherokee nation this name and the
> stories of Adam and Eve etc?
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
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