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Why say Jehovah anymore?
by Bang 70 Replies latest jw friends
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plmkrzy
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Prisca
My opinion is:
If pronouncing the name of Yahweh/Jehovah was so important to him, then he would have made sure the correct prounciation was made known to all his followers. But since he hasn't, then it mustn't be an issue.
I tend to use the term "God" now, rather than "Jehovah", since "Jehovah" is associated with the WTS in my mind, especially after being brought up with the term "Jehovah" to mean God for 30 years. But I still occasionally use "Jehovah" out of habit.
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SixofNine
This is the part that seems a bit contradictory to the portion you posted, Plum:
The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, replaced the vowels of the name YHWH with the vowel signs of the Hebrew words Adonai ("Lord", editor) or Elohim ("God", editor). Thus, the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) (emphasis ours, ed.) came into being. Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20th centuries biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh. Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like Yahweh, and this pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was never really lost. Other Greek transcriptions also indicated that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh.
I suppose they did not actually say that Raymundo Martini was the originator of "Jehovah". However, the fact that they used him as the first reference in their section on the name "Jehovah", makes it seem as if they are saying he originated it. I suppose the answer to "what am I missing?", is, "they just did a crappy job with their editorial". -
Bang
So it was Martin who really pushed it.
I shoulda known that - maybe I wasn't listening.I thought "Y H W H" was from the same source of sound as "I Am Who Am" was, as Moses was made aware of.
Bang
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plmkrzy
If pronouncing the name of Yahweh/Jehovah was so important to him, then he would have made sure the correct prounciation was made known to all his followers.
An interesting thought especially if its true.
"he would have made sure the correct prounciation was made known to all his followers."
How do you know he didn't?
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plmkrzy
SIXOFNINE
Yep it could have been presented a lot better then it was for sure. It is misleading. -
Prisca
"he would have made sure the correct prounciation was made known to all his followers."
How do you know he didn't?
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Because no one knows for sure what the correct pronounciation is!
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rmayer32
I don't use it other then referring to that false religion we know as the Watchtower.
-Rick
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terafera
I use it because I was raised being taught that God's name was Jehovah....
kinda like, if you worked with someone named Bob. Then, after 25 years of having lunch with Bob, eating at Bob's house, going camping with Bob.. he tells you his name is really Kenneth. Now, everytime you see him, you call him Bob. He doesnt look like a Kenneth. In fact, you tried to call him Kenneth..but your mouth choked up and you felt fake doing it.
Thats how I feel calling my Creator, Father, Ultimate Power.. just God. I think it sounds too generic. I feel that Satan the Devil has a name, Jesus our King has a name...why not God? Just God sounds... I dunno... a little cold and impersonal. Calling him Jehovah gives me a sense of closeness. I do not in any way associate this use of name as being a jw. Sure, they use it, but so do other religions.
I guess old habits die hard!
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Prisca
Terafera, I liked your analogy.
It's a bit like when we meet posters from this site. We're so used to seeing their posting names, and associating those names with them, that it's hard to call them by their real name. The original name that we first knew them by is the one lodged in our brain.
However, I've found I prefer using the term "God" rather than "Jehovah" simply because of the association of that name.
