One Lord and His Name One - W. J. Siekman. A brief examination of the titles and name of God.

Comment: This site in some articles claims that Jesus did not use the divine name, and also makes a blanket claim that the Jews did not use the divine name in the first century, both of which we do not agree with.

The Divine Name and Your Favorite Translation

Who is God? According to the Nazarene

Did The Patriarchs Know and Use the Divine Name? (You will have use the find feature of your browser, or scroll down to the article)

Entering Jerusalem on a Colt See comments on Mark 11:7-11.

Should "Hebrews" Contain the Tetragram?

Thinking on God's Name

The NIV and the Divine Name PDF format (May need to be a be a member of Yahoo.com in order to access.

The Tetragrammaton and the Christian Greek Scriptures Heinz Schmitz's Response to Lynn Lundquist's book by this title.

Jehovah - The Divine Name -- Includes: The Controversy over the Divine Name in the "New Testament"

Ron Rhodes vs. Jehovah

Bible Dictionaries That Define The Name

History of the Word "Jehovah"

Pronunciation - Examines various pronunciations.

101 Questions: See question 69. If the name Jehovah is so important, then why is it never used in the entire Greek New Testament and why does it not appear in the oldest Greek manuscripts of New Testament writings or in the very first Bible, the 5th century Latin Vulgate?

Exceptional Documents (Gerard Gertoux) -- Some interesting documents pertaining to the divine name. The author presents an argument that Yehowah is the correct pronunciation of the divine name. Please note, however, that this presentation is still based on various assumptions. Information concerning purchasing the book by Mr. Gertoux can be seen by : by clicking here. A free linguistical sample of his book is available for download:
PDF file (960 kbytes)
ZIP file (522 kbytes).
A free historical sample of this book is available for download:
DOC File
Also:
Paradox of the Anonymous Name (doc file)

What Did Yahshua Call His Father? -- While we do not agree with much of the conclusions presented here, the author does give evidence that the Messiah did use the divine name.

Restored Name King James Version -- This edition presents he Hebrew words for God in the text, and presents the divine name in its Hebrew form. It presents Jesus' also in its Hebrew form in the NT. However, it goes overboard in its efforts to restore the divine name in the New Testament, thus its usage in the NT is not very reliable.

A Misunderstood Jehovah
Presents an article published in Rivista Biblica: strong evidence that the divine name was used by New Testament Bible writers.

The Name of G-d" (John Steed)
Some good information; applies Josephus' reference to the divine name as four vowels to the Hebrew, rather than to the Greek. More than likely Josephus was talking about four vowels in Greek, not Hebrew.

New Light on Matthew's Gospel (Neil Altman)
Discusses the use of the divine name in the book of Matthew. I doubt the conclusions about the Jews speaking Hebrew in everyday life, however, since many things recorded seem to indicate that the common people did not understand Hebrew/Aramaic, such as the response to Jesus' exclamation of Matthew 27:46-49. The references to Acts 21:39 to 22:2, while some seem to think this proves that Hebrew was in general usage at the time, actually indicate that Hebrew was unusual, so unusual that the learned men at Jerusalem, who would have known Hebrew, took notice of it. This only indicates that these learned men *knew* Hebrew, not that Hebrew was commonly used amongst the Jews in everyday life. However, the document does provide circumstantial proof that Matthew did write his book in Hebrew, and that he did use the divine name in his Gospel.

DuTillet Hebrew Matthew (James Trimm)
This gives some background information concerning the DuTillet Hebrew version. The author is a Nararene Judaist.

Book of Matthew Study

Hebrew Gospel of Matthew according to a Primitive Hebrew Text (George Howard)
Translation of Shem-Tob's Hebrew text. Has the Hebrew on one page and English on the other, with comments and comparisons with other versions after. Click Herefor George Howard's defense of his research concerning the Shem-Tob manuscript.

Either/or (Pt I) (Robert L. Perkins (Editor), George Howard)
The follow is a review of this book from Amazon:
All of our canonical gospels were written originally in Greek. This is what everyone in the academe thinks, and everyone in the academe thinks so because all the evidence points this way, and no evidence indicates otherwise. And no evidence indicates otherwise because everyone thinks that anything that might indicate otherwise does not really count as evidence?

In spite of the fact that everyone thinks that Yeshu and friends and most of the earliest Christians all spoke primarily if not exclusively a Semitic tongue, everyone also thinks that all of our canonical gospels were authored originally in Greek. Somehow this always seemed a little doubtful to me; something just didn't make sense here. Well, now that I looked into this mater for myself, what do we have? There's this highly intriguing Hebrew gospel of Matthew, as preserved in a medieval work by Shem-Tob ben-Shaprut, that seems quite early.

Prof. George Howard has done a lot of work on this gospel, and his book shows it. He saved HebMt from its undeserved obscurity.

Shem-Tob Ben Yitzach ben-Shaprut, a Jewish scholar working in Spain, preserved this document in his polemical treatise EVAN BOHAN that dates to the 14th century (ca 1380 C.E.). It is now agreed upon almost universally that Shem-Tob did not make the translation himself. He received the Hebrew text from some previous tradents, most likely Jewish. So who prepared the translation, and when? Or is it really a translation? Maybe it's the real thing? Perhaps it is the Greek Mt that was the translation from the Hebrew? And what does this mysterious gospel do to the Synoptic problem, and to the theorising about the HJ?

After reading Howard's book, it seems to me that some of the answers to these questions may lie on the surface, while others still remain hazy and need more research. Nevertheless, it seems reasonably clear that the Hebrew text was not the product of some medieval translator. At least some parts of this text, indeed, seem to go back to early antiquity. In my view, the Hebrew Gospel of Matthew is now well on its way towards making a revolution in biblical scholarsip. The wheels of academic scholarship grind slowly, but eventually they always produce results, and good evidence always finds acceptance in the end.

Unfortunately not enough attention is given to this text so far. Buy this book and read it. This is a very important book.

Our Father... Hallowed be THY NAME
(Yahweh's Assembly in Messiah)- Actually, there is no evidence that the scribes used vowel points before Christ came as presented in this document. Otherwise the information seems fairly good. Promotes EL, ELOHIM, rather than using the English title, GOD.

LORD
(whoisjesus.com) - Gives some information concerning the meaning of the divine name; fails to associate "He causes to be" with Yahweh's fulfillment of his promises. Negative: this site presents Jesus as the Most High Yahweh
References:
Theology of the Old Testament, Vol. 1 and Vol 2, by Walter Eichrodt, J. Baker (Translator)
The New Unger's Bible Dictionary by Merrill Frederick Unger, R.K. Harrison (Editor), Howard F. Vos

God's Name-Its Meaning and Pronunciation

Information on the Tetragrammaton
This site prefers Yahueh or Yahuweh for the Creator and Yahushua for the name of the Son of God.

POxy 3522: tetragrammaton
Digital images and information concerning a fragment of the Septuagint, containing the tetragrammaton in Hebrew

Our Heavenly Father's Name
(Faith) Do we need to know it? Do we need to use it? What is it's significance?

Is Allah Another Name for God?
(Bible Students Congregation of New Brunswick) -- Good discussion. Negative: Calls the Creator 'Lord' rather 'Yahweh.'

Did the Messiah say the Sacred Name?
(Eliyah's Home Page) - Missapplies Isaiah 44:6 to Yahshua (Jesus); makes reference to, but fails to fully denote the import of the DuTillet and Shem Tob manuscripts of Matthew, which are in Hebrew; otherwise good information.
See:

The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever
(Official Site of Jehovah's witnesses) Good background information. Promotes the use of "Jehovah" rather than "Yahweh."

The Meaning of the Tetragrammaton
(Eliyah's Home Page)

The Truth About the Third Commandment
(Eliyah's Home Page)

Yahweh's Name in the Dead Sea Scrolls
(Eliyah's Home Page)

7th Day Sacred Name Assemblies and Personal Ministries - A list of 7th Day (Saturday) sabbath believers' sites that use some form of the divine name. Most of these also try use Hebraic forms of names for the Messiah.

Related Books

The following books may not have been reviewed by us, but we include them as possible sources of more information:

The Divine Name Controversy Firpo W. Carr
A Reader's Review: God has a name. So why is it that many English Bible translations have replaced it with the title "LORD" in all capital letters? Why is it that the King James Version has the name standing by itself only 4 times? On the other hand, why do some versions like the American Standard Version include it over 6,000 times in the OT? And why do even fewer contain it in the NT? And is the correct pronounciation of the divine name Jehovah or Yahweh? Dr. Firpo W. Carr, a recent Bible scholar who has earned his PHd in biblical languages, discusses and answers those and other questions.He is well qualified to do so; he has examined several Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible, including the Lenigrad Codex. He was also the first to take photographs of the Dead Sea scrolls which were later saved in electronic format. - Paperback Vol 001 (September 1991)

El and Yahweh: The Early History and Formative Traditions of Ancient Israel Lloyd M. Barre
Publisher Review , May 1, 1998 -- This academic account offers a new integrative and synthetic treatment of the Israelite history and tradition. The author applies an established method of analyzing biblical traditions which he applies to the major tradition blocks contained found in Genesis through Samuel. His findings are arrived at through the application of the standard exegetical methods of textual criticism, linguistic analysis, form criticism, narrative analysis and redaction criticism. However, the findings are presented in a non-technical style that is accessible to anyone who is generally acquainted with the Old Testament and interested in an academic approach to the Bible.

One God & One Lord

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