Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Dave:

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM, David P Donnelly 
<davedonnelly1 AT juno.com>wrote:

> The title of this new topic is:
> Are English Bibles in which "Y-a-H-W-e-H occurs 6823 times being
> truthful?
>

What do you mean by “truthful”?

>
> I realize that this is probably a very touchy subject.
>

The reason it is touchy is because it is understood as pushing a
theological, not linguistic, agenda.

>
> I assume that each and every Hebrew Scholar who posts on b-hebrew
> is aware that in each of the  following 4 English Bibles:
>
> E.G.
>
> 1. The Jerusalem Bible
> 2. The New Jerusalem Bible
> 3. The Emphasized Bible
> 4. The NIVIHEOT
>
> The English Spelling Yahweh occurs approximately [if not precisely] 6823
> times.
>

No, I was not aware of that. I normally don’t look at translations.

>
> Just what is going on in English Christianity that these four Bibles
> exist,
> and very little controversy surrounds them?
>

How many people use these translations? It sounds like a small, fringe
element.

>
> AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
>

Balance? Are you making a mountain out of a molehill?

>
> Again, I realize that this is probably a very touchy subject.
>
> IS THIS SUBJECT TOO HOT TO DISCUSS OPENLY?
>

The question is not “too hot to discuss openly?” rather “which is the proper
forum for discussing it?” This is a translation issue, not a question of
Biblical Hebrew.

>
> Dave Donnelly
>
> Karl W. Randolph.