Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Doug, this question is not within the scope of B-Hebrew.

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au


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From: Doug Belot <dbelot AT bigpond.net.au>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:21:24 +1000
To: George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>, B-Hebrew 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] quantum hebrew

Hi George , I note here that you write , Yahweh , that suggests to me you
believe that Yahweh is the correct name of the LORD of the OT, as shown in
the following ,

Ps 148:13    Let us praise the name of the LORD , for His name alone is
exalted

                     His glory is above the earth and heaven.



Ps   44:8      And praise Your name  forever .



Ps   86:12     I will praise you O LORD My God with all my heart.

                     And I will glorify Your name forever more.



Would that mean you would glorify Yahweh,  "His name alone"  forever more.



Doug Belot







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From: "George Athas" <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] quantum hebrew


> No Fred, your analysis is a little too narrow. The word רע has a very
> broad semantic range. The best word that captures it in English (if you
> can possibly capture it in a single word) is ‘bad’. In some instances it
> conveys the sense of a disaster, misfortune, ugliness, or just plain not
> nice. Take Gen 41.20, for instance. It’s not making a moral statement
> about cows. It’s just saying that the cows were in ‘bad’ shape. On other
> occasions, however, it does appear to involve a moral quality and, as
> such, could be rendered ‘evil’ (eg. Gen 6.5).
>
> You seem to be committing the common fallacy of totality transfer: taking
> one meaning within a semantic range and applying it across the board to
> all instances of a particular word.
>
> Isa 45.7 has to be taken within context. Since שׁלום doesn’t always have a
> moral quality to it, I don’t think we must demand that רע (it’s parallel
> opposite) should either. In the context, it is a statement that Yahweh
> controls the forces that affect human life. I don’t think it’s a
> philosophical statement about the origin of evil. I can see how you might
> take it that way, but in my opinion that divorces it from the surrounding
> context and, as the old saying goes, if you take a text out of context,
> you’re left with a con.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
>
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