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Dear Bryant and other readers,
Thanks for your reply. Perhaps I may indicate that your interpretation of Exod 6.3 is not so self- evident. In particular the view that the name Yhwh is supposed to be unknown before (see your post of 7 Jan., if I understand it well) is not so obvious. Read some major commentaries about Exodus and you may find support for your view but also a contestation of it (Childs, OTL, 1974; Benno Jacob, 1992; Houtman, HCOT, 1993; Propp, AB, 1999). However, I did not and I do not want to start a discussion about Exod 6.3 because in my view that would carry us too far away from Exod 3.13-15. Nevertheless, Exod 6.3 manifests an idea that may also be relevant for Exod 3.13-15: a particular revelation corresponds to / is 'covered' by a particular divine name. In this connection one may also refer to Gen 16.13. With reference to the divine intervention she experienced Hagar says: ‘You are El Ro-i’. I still wonder whether there are not also examples of this phenomenon in neighbouring cultures.
Cornelis den Hertog
From: bjwvmw AT com-pair.net You said,
Bryant Williams wants to read the request in the light of Exodus 6.
Bryant says:
I am only indicating that the the LORD makes that statement explicit in 6:3. Now, I would have
understood the statement in 2:14 to naturally infer a human authority not a divine authority;
although one possibly could also infer a divine authority; and thus, Matthew Henry would draw that
implication.
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III |
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