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God's names in Jewish thought and in the light of Kabbalah; The Name of God as Revealed in Exodus 3:14—an explanation of its meaning. Bibliography on Divine Names in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Jewish Encyclopedia: Names of God "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" – Song and Video of Ancient Yemenite Prayer From the Diwan; R. Clover. "The Sacred Name Yahweh" (PDF ...
Jehovah. "Jehovah" at Exodus 6:3 [1] (King James Version) Jehovah (/ dʒɪˈhoʊvə /) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. [2][3][4] The Tetragrammaton is considered one of the seven names ...
Religions of the ancient Near East. v. t. e. Yahweh[a] was an ancient Levantine deity who was venerated in Israel and Judah. [4][5] Though no consensus exists regarding his origins, [6] scholars generally contend that he is associated with Seir, Edom, Paran and Teman, [7] and later with Canaan.
It is considered a mitzvah (commandment) to study and understand the law. The proper counterpart for the general English term "faith" - as occurring in the expression "principles of faith" - would be the concept of Emunah (אמונה) [1] in Judaism. The word amen (אמנ) comes from this word and means “I trust/believe”.
In the Abrahamic tradition, God is one, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and the creator of the universe. [1] God is typically referred to with masculine grammatical articles and pronouns only, [1][12] and is further held to have the properties of holiness, justice, omnibenevolence, and omnipresence. Adherents of the Abrahamic religions believe ...
Jewish views on Jesus. Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah nor do they believe he was the Son of God. In the Jewish perspective, it is believed that the way Christians see Jesus goes against monotheism, a belief in the absolute unity and singularity of God, which is central to Judaism; [1] Judaism sees the ...
The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (12th century BCE to 150 BCE), Paleo-Hebrew (10th century BCE to 135 CE), and square Hebrew (3rd century BCE to present) scripts. The Tetragrammaton[note 1] is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. The four letters, written and read ...
Yahwism, as it is called by modern scholars, was the religion of ancient Israel and Judah. [1] An ancient Semitic religion of the Iron Age, Yahwism was essentially polytheistic and had a pantheon, with various gods and goddesses being worshipped by the Israelites. [2] At the head of this pantheon was Yahweh, held in an especially high regard as ...