At 09:57 AM 8/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear friend,
>
>Is this right? YHVH = haShem
Well, hashem is the way the divine name is rendered when one wishes to show
it extreme reverence. In fact, YWHW is most probably pronounced Yahweh; but
in Judaism there is a great hesitancy to pronounce the name because of its
sacredness... so instead of saying the name of God they just say "The NAME"
which, in Hebrew is hashem.
>
>Some one literally translated YHVH as haShem. Is there any connection
>between
>the two? Is there any histroy or theological reason behind it?