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Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: cornelis den hertog <cok17 AT hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 19:42:23 -0500

I see it as a merely playful conversation between God and Moses, a little bit of biblical banter. Moses asks the silly hypothetical question:

ויאמר משה אל האלהים הנה אנכי בא אל בני ישראל ואמרתי להם אלהי אבותיכם שלחני אליכם ואמרו לי מה שמו מה אמר אלהם

"and Moses said unto God Behold when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me what is his name what shall I say unto them"

and he gets this tongue in cheek answer:

אהיה אשר אהיה

"I AM WHO I AM".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:42 AM, cornelis den hertog wrote:

why is this name Ehyeh used here?

[b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ‘Ehyeh has sent me to you’, cornelis den hertog, 01/02/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ŒEhyeh has sent me to you¹, George Athas, 01/02/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 ŒEhyeh has sent me to you¹, K Randolph, 01/02/2013
    - [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, cornelis den hertog, 01/03/2013
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, kenneth greifer, 01/03/2013
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/03/2013
        
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/05/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, cornelis den hertog, 01/07/2013
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/07/2013
        
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/06/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Norman Cohn, 01/06/2013
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, Isaac Fried, 01/06/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Ex. 3:14 Ehyeh has sent me to you, George Athas, 01/07/2013
        [b-hebrew] role of euphemism and racial stereotying in biblical hebrew, Norman Cohn, 01/07/2013
        Re: [b-hebrew] role of euphemism and racial stereotying in biblical hebrew, George Athas, 01/07/2013
        Re: [b-hebrew] role of euphemism and racial stereotying in biblical hebrew, Norman Cohn, 01/07/2013