The pronunciation of the divine name represented by the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, יהוה (YHWH), remains one of the most debated questions in biblical philology. Nehemia Gordon has argued that medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserve the pronunciation Yehovah, while the prevailing scholarly reconstruction has generally been Yahweh. The evidence deserves careful attention—but it does not make the pronunciation Yehovah incontestable. Gordon’s Manuscript […]
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Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Did the Exodus really happen? If so, when? Scholars have long theorized about the historicity and dating of the Exodus. Some believe it happened in the mid-15th century b.c.e. (an “early” Exodus), based primarily on biblical information. Many believe it happened two or three centuries later, based more on select archaeological information. Many more believe […]
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Did Jesus Use God’s Divine Name?
Many people today ask whether Jesus spoke God’s personal name—often represented as YHWH (sometimes rendered “Jehovah” or “Yahweh”). Some religious groups, primarily Jehovah’s Witnesses, say Jesus must have used it regularly and taught others to do the same. Others say there is no evidence he did.This video brings together the historical, linguistic, and biblical evidence […]
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Jesus Revealed God’s Name-How?
When Jesus said that he made God’s name known to his disciples, they already knew the divine name. He was not giving them its correct pronunciation. Nor was he giving them a mandate to make known to the world the name of his father. But along with revealing God’s character and personality, there was something […]