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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The God of Israel "does not have a name"?
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:52:32 -0500

Garth's Hotmail wrote:

Rochelle,

You have said, "The god of Israel does not have a name."

The God of Israel has said, "ani YHWH hu' shemi", "I am YHWH -that is my
name".

It seems He deprives you of your argument.


HH: I don't think Rochelle thought that God did not have a name in any sense. Obviously. God has a name in some sense; the text cannot be ignored. I think she was responding to Shoshanna the same way I was. You have to go back and look at Shoshanna's comments to appreciate where Rochelle is coming from. Obviously God gave us a name for Himself. That is not the issue. It's what kind of name that was the issue.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard


You have said that 'monotheism' means 'God doesn't need a name'. I see
errors in your logic.

Firstly, need doesn't always determine reality. As YHWH has a name, He has a
name whether He needs it or not.

Secondly, 'monotheism' doesn't remove the need for God to have a name. The one true God, YHWH, is not the
'one God' of all who worship 'one God'. Nor do they necessarily discern the words of YHWH God of Israel.
Nor are all the things they say about their 'one God' true of Israel's one YHWH. I can ask a person,
"Do you believe in God?" and they can say, "yes" and go on to describe a completely
different person to YHWH. But if I ask, "Do you believe in YHWH?" they either know what YHWH
says about Himself, or they would need to hear from the mouth of His prophets, who speak in the name of
YHWH.


In this poly-monotheistic world where everyone has their own self-defined
'God', the name of YHWH is not only just as real and relevant, but is an
opportunity for man to have his mouth shut and listen to what YHWH says about
Himself.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Love from Garth Grenache,
Moderator of YHWHgroup
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/YHWHgroup/
A discussion of the pronunciation of the name YHWH.

Come join the discussion!



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