Biblical Hebrew Forum

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It is relevant to note that there is no real doubt that the divine name was 
accorded special treatment well before NT times (Hong has recently argues 
that this goes back further than previously thought, cf, JSOT 37/4, but the 
use of special notations and archaic scripts all point to this). The 
presupposition that an original and uncorrupted LXX included the 
tetragrammaton in Hebrew script is by no means certain (cf. A. Pietersma, 
“Kyrios or Tetragram: A Renewed Quest for the Original LXX” who argues 
that those manuscripts which include the Hebrew tetragram reflect a later 
archaizing process).

Consequently any claim that the NT text we have is corrupt because it 
consistently employs kurios in place of the tetragram lacks any substantial 
evidence.

Regards,

Martin Shields.