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Tag: Tetragrammaton

  • God's Transliterated Name in the New Testament

    Generally, in quotations from the Old Testament, the name of God, YHWH, is not translated or transliterated, but instead is substituted with the word “Lord” (κύριος). For example, in his dispute with Satan, Jesus said: “It is written again, ‘Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.’” (Matthew 4:7) Jesus was paraphrasing Deuteronomy 6:16: “Ye shall…

  • The Tetragrammaton in the Early Church Fathers (with bonus material)

    In the patristic period (AD 70, upon the destruction of Jerusalem, to AD 749, the death of John Damascene), three fathers, in five places, provided a Greek transliteration of the tetragrammaton.  The term “tetragrammaton,” however appears to have been used even before Christ by Philo, in his “Life of Moses.”  Philo seems to indicate that…