Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 03/08/2005 23:34, Gene Gardner wrote:

> The JPS TeNaKh has an interesting way of dealing with
> Exodus 3:14. In the actual translation, EHYEH ASHER
> EHYEH appears with a footnote (a) that states:
>
> Meaning of the Heb uncertain; variously translated: “I
> Am That I Am”; “I Am Who I Am”; “I Will Be What I Will
> Be”; etc.
>
> For the second EHYEH (Ehyeh sent me to you), the
> footnote (b) reads:
>
> Others “I Am” or “I Will Be”.
>
>  
Interesting. But this certainly puts paid to Shoshanna's idea that "the 
entire Jewish tradition" holds to the future interpretation.

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