Date sent: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:21:17 -0500
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From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: NONPD: Re: Fw: IMPORTANT INFORMATION / names
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> At 11:54 1999/11/14 -0800, you wrote:
> >> 1. why do you spell G-d without an "o" ? how did she come to lose it ?
> >
> >Traditional Jews believe that to spell out His Name
> >(even as "God") is the equivalent of taking the Lord's
> >Name in vain. They abbreviate it as G-d, L-rd, etc.
> >in order to avoid writing it out fully....
>
> hi bob
>
> thanks for the info
> it's interesting...
> so where did all the vowels go?
> it seems like vowels were banned but consonants were not?
> god = unacceptable use
> but
> g-d = acceptable use
>
> did this apply only to the written word,
> or to the spoken word as well?
>
> hmmm, how would one speak without vowels?
Leaving out *any* letter would be OK. As to speaking, one *does*
alter that. One can use the Hebrew word for "Lord" ("adonai")
properly only when actually praying. If one is not praying, one must
use a substitute word ("adoshem") which actually means nothing.
>
> >The whole issue of the Name of God is interesting. Some call Him
> >Allah, some Jehovah, others the Great Spirit, etc. In the (Western)
> >Bible, His Name is expressed only by four letters (JHVH), the so-called
> >Tetragrammoton, and "Jehovah" has been used by some as the proper
> >"translation", but this is far from certain.
>
> jhvh looks like an acronym for jehovah
> [spoken like a true nerd!]
> tetragrammoton???
> please have mercy on this dictionary disadvantged soul!
Tetragrammoton=The Four Letters Sometimes spelled as YHWH and
pronounced by some as "Yahweh".
>
> The only place in the
> >Western Bible (Old Testament) where He supposedly gives His Name
> >(to Moses) is where He said, "I am that am", and "...tell them that I Am
> >sent you". The Scholastic (Roman Catholic) philosophers of the Middle
> >Ages stated of God, "His essence is existence", so one could translate
> >that as meaning, "God is pure Existence", in which case, we, since we all
> >exist, are part of God. I choose to accept that concept. Heavy stuff.
> >Best, Bob
>
> heavy maybe for some
> but not to me, i'm too curious about all of us
>
>
> janet
>
> janet paterson
> 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
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>
Best,
Bob (who loves Latin and other "ancient" things)
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