The name of God Y.eH.oW.aH which is pronounced as it is written I_Eh_oU_Ah : its story / Gérard Gertoux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gertoux, Gérard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Name.

God.

Tetragrammaton.

Names in the Bible.

Physical Description:

ix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2002]

Summary:

God's name is fundamental to all monotheistic religions. Paradoxically, religions prefer to translate God's name as Yahweh "He Is," Adonay "my Lord," Allah "The God," rather than a transcription of the name, which is more usual. However, the key to unlock this mystery was provided by the famous Ma monides, 800 years ago, when he wrote that the Name "is read as it is written." Name of God Y.eH.oW.aH Which is Pronounced as it is Written I_Eh_oU_Ah is G rard Gertoux's examination of the paradox of the correct pronunciation.

Contents:

Part 1 The Name

The Power of the Name 5

A Name is more Than a Label 6

The Name in the Bible, a Name in Order to Exist 8

To Give and to Receive a Name 10

Changing Names 11

To Make a Name for Oneself, to Have Renown 12

A Name Recorded or Erased? 13

To Act 'in the Name of' 14

Angel's Names, the Name of God 15

To Know God's Name 17

To Know by Name 18

Calling Upon the Name 19

When the Name is Placed "on" or "in" 19

To Blaspheme the Name 20

To Remember the Name 20

The Name of God Among Religions 21

Jesus, Satan, Their Controversy Over the Name 23

The Identification of Jesus and Satan 24

What is the Meaning of Satan's Name? 25

What is Their Current Role According to Religions? 25

The Name Read Distinctly 29

The Pronunciation of Jesus' Name 30

Methods to Restore a Pronunciation 32

Etymologies Method 38

Sources Method 40

Letters Method 42

Onomastic Method 44

Conclusion on the Pronunciation of the Name 54

Part 2 Historical record

From Adam to Moses 59

Mystical Concept of the Use of Names 59

Extra-Biblical Traces of the Divine Name 60

Problems of Transcription and Vocalization 63

From Moses to David 67

Which Language did Moses Speak and Write? 67

How to Underst and Exodus 3:13, 14 70

Religious Etymology and Technical Etymology 72

An Egyptian Testimony 74

Short Name and Great Name 77

From David to Zedekiah 79

Influence of Aramaic on Hebrew 81

Archaeological Evidences 83

From Zedekiah to Simon the Just 89

The Name No Longer Used by Non-Jews 89

Change of Language and Writing 90

Judaea: a Name Made Sacred 95

Some Vocalized Occurrences of the Name 97

From Simon the Just to Jesus 99

Yahu: a Declining Substitute of the Name 99

Adonay Versus Jehovah 102

Confusion Between Jehovah and Jupiter 106

From Jesus to Justin 109

The Use of the Name in the Temple 110

The Use of the Name by Early Christians 114

Invention of 'Sacred Names' by Early Christians 116

Philosophers and Religious Teachers Oppose the Name 121

From Justin to Jerome 125

Generalization of Abbreviations 125

Was the Tetragram pronounced Yaho? 131

From Jerome to the Masoretes 135

The Masoretes Vocalize the Tetragram 138

The Origin of the Divine Qere 139

From the Masoretes to Maimonides 143

In the Muslim world 144

In the Christian world 145

In the Jewish world 147

From Maimonides to Tyndale 151

The Cabal 155

The Inquisition 157

Humanism 160

From Tyndale to the American Standard Version 165

Return to the question of etymologies 169

The form Jehovah 174

The Name of Jesus and Its Connections to the Name 183

Which is the meaning of the name Jesus? 185

What is the history of the name Jesus? 189

The Controversy comes to an end 199

Revival of the hebrew language plays a role 199

Why such a disparity? 201

The first problem: Iehoua or Ioua? 202

The role of theophoric names 205

Second dilemma: Iehoua or Iahue? 208

Last dilemma: Iehoua or YHWH? 212

Conclusion Concerning the Name 213

To Love the Truth, the Name and Incense 223

Biblical witnesses before our common era 233

Biblical witnesses in our common era 234

Extra-biblical witnesses before our common era 235

Extra-biblical witnesses in our common era 236

Interpretation of the Hebrew Names 237

Grammatical difficulties (ex. Abdiel) 237

Resolution of some cases (ex. Samuel) 237

Contraction in some vowels (ex. Yoel) 239

Confusion due to a foreign influence (ex. Zerubabel) 240

Confusion due to etymology (ex. Babel) 240

Confusion due to etymology (ex. Yehowah) 242

Confusion due to a lack of data (ex. Euateose) 246

Confusion due to vocalization variations (ex. Jupiter) 247

Lack of Nomina Sacra in the Earliest Christian Papyrus 249

Pronunciation of the Name Y-H-W3 251

Owing to Coptic and Greek witnesses 252

Owing to Akkadian witnesses 253

Owing to the onomastic from the LXX 255

Owing to a check with a well-known name 262

Pronunciation of YHWH's Name in the Mesha Stele 265

Is the Hebrew of Mesha stele correct? 265

Natural reading and matres lectionis system 270

Greek alphabet came from a natural reading 276

Did Yehowah Come from a Change? 279

Religious Trials of the First Century 285

Among the Jews 285

Blasphemy 286

The trial of Jesus 287

Stephen's trial 288

Paul's trial 289

James' trial 289

Among the romans 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761822046

OCLC:

49250212