Yahweh

“Yahweh,” replied the voice in the cave when Moses asked what name the God of the Israelites should be known by, “I am who am” (New Revised Standard Version, Exodus 3:14). Man received this answer to his question of God’s identity more than two millennia ago, but has never been satisfied by it. Instead, humanity has never ceased in pursuing greater knowledge of the divine. Resulting in part from the inherent beauty of this unanswerable question, the holy longing to know God has served as the…

Throughout the course there are many major themes that occur repetitively, which are: the establishment of law, the creation of government, achievements of societies, and the presence of religion in the different societies. These themes are evident in each society that was analyzed in this course, and each theme still has a relevance in society today. The establishment of a law was a major theme and factor in many civilizations. Each type of civilization had different viewpoints on law. The…

Introduction Often there is the presumption that Science and Christianity are at loggerheads with each other over every particular. At certain times in history and in certain matters this may be partially true but in at least one area, Christianity and science are pretty much in lockstep with each other. That area is in the transmitting of the printed Word of God. For millennia mankind has used any material available to write on. This has ranged from common, ordinary stone to hand sized…

Myth is a primeval way through which every culture defines its character and offers a way to understand the world. Humans use myth to describe and understand “archetypal or universal significance” (Cupitt, 1997, p.5) and to establish their perception of cultural experiences. Different cultures have their own myths that systemise their human experience as “one of the functions of myth is to convert numinous indefiniteness into nominal definiteness and to make what is uncanny familiar and…

written and oral Torah as well as other religious documents, such as the Talmud (Neusner). In scripture, the word “God” is usually written as “G-d”, if used at all because the word is believed very sacred. While God does have a formal name, YHWH (said Yahweh), it is blasphemy to speak or write (Deming). While the common use of the Hebrew language has ceased, the traditional Torah is still written in Hebrew, and Jewish children still learn to read Hebrew. Every synagogue is required to have a…

For this question, I have picked the gospel of John. The book of John was written by Apostle John meaning “Yahweh has been gracious.” John was the youngest of Jesus’ apostles. The gospel of John was written around 80- 90A.D in the city of Ephesus. Ephesus by that time was the center of commerce and culture. The majority of John’s audience was no longer Jewish converts but rather people who lived in a world dominated by culture and thoughts of Greece and Rome. Apostle John sought to appeal to…

is attributed to E” (479). Jenks goes on to note that “these parallel narratives constitute the most important source of information about the characteristics traits of E…the E versions of these triple and double narratives use Elohim instead of Yahweh; they focus on the nature of divine revelations or disclosures to humanity, which in E generally occur in dreams” (479). As a result of this reasoning, Jenks lists numbers Old Testament passages referring to Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and…

AN EVALUATION OF THE GRAMMATICAL-STRUCTRUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF AUTHORSHIP __________________ A Paper Presented to Dr. Ryan Stokes Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for OLDTS 3323 __________________ By Mathieu P. Barry April 24, 2015 1 AN EVALUATION OF THE GRAMMATICAL-STRUCTRUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF AUTHORSHIP The rise…

Chapter 1 Before History Discoveries have found that about 5 million years ago there were different species of human ancestors belonging to the genus of Australopithecus. It is said that they had emerged in the areas of eastern Africa, specifically in the regions of Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This species, however, were not apes but rather a creature in the Hominidae family, that had human like features. “They would seem short, hairy, and limited with intelligence. They stood something over…

Rushang Doshi RLST 110: ADJ Cameron Nielsen 28th April, 2016 RLST 110 FINAL PAPER Religion can be defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods (Oxford Dictionary). The variety of religious beliefs and organizations all over the world has made it difficult to conclude one definition of religion. Two of the most fundamental religions in the world today are Hinduism and Judaism. People around…