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From: Shoshanna Walker [mailto:rosewalk AT concentric.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:12 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: God's name: was Curious abut "G-d"
Lookit
Only the High Priest knew how to pronounce the Name, and was the only
one permitted to pronounce the Name, once a year, on Yom Kippur, in
the Inner Chamber of the Temple, where no one else was ever permitted
except for him, and only on this one day per year. In case he DIED
from not being sufficiently spiritually prepared for the sheer
holiness of the experience, a rope was tied to him, so that they
could pull him out if necessary, without having to go in.
And you tell us that there is a - modern - non Jewish - BOOK - which
purports to discuss the pronunciation of this holy Name????????
Is this author really serious? What utter chutzpa! What is there to
discuss, what is the need that people feel, to what purpose do they
think they need to know the pronunciation of the Name? They
wouldn't even know what to do with it, even if they knew how to
pronounce it, and worse, it could cause them great damage, if they
were not meant to know.....
Shoshanna
There is a new book on this subject that soon will be
published in English. I have read the French edition: "Gérard
Gertoux (1999) Un Historique du Nom Divin YHWH, Paris:
L'Harmattan. It will soon be published in English by
"University Press of America": I got a pre-publication
discount of 20 % by ordering it last week
(custserv AT rowman.com.); ordinary price is $ 47.
The author has marshaled a huge amount of material from
Hebrew and cognate languages, and while it is difficult to
draw definite conclusions regarding the pronunciation of the
name, this is the most thorough discussion I have seen.
Regards
Rolf
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
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