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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The translation of ehyeh
  • Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:38:17 +0100

On 03/08/2005 23:15, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

I really find it so hard to believe that you are actually saying that the entire Jewish tradition (I've just read a few quick samples of commentaries for myself) is wrong about this.


Well, is it really true that this is the entire Jewish tradition? After all, Jewish opinions are known for their diversity. And your few samples may well be quite insufficient to prove your case. I cannot quote any definitie counter-examples, but Gene suggested one when he wrote "I believe that hayah howeh yihyeh is a rabbinic interpretation based on Exodus 3:14" - in other words (if he is correct) these Rabbis held that the divine name embraced past, present and future.

I must say whenever I hear this idea of God being future I can't help thinking of the theories of Christian theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg and cosmologist Frank Tipler, who seem to locate God entirely in the future, at the Omega Point. While Tipler's idea of God as an infinitely powerful super-computer to be built in the closing moments of the universe seems entirely crazy, Pannenberg's theology deserves to be taken seriously. Nevertheless, I don't think we can reasonably suggest that Moses shared Pannenberg's concepts.

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