References to YHWH in ancient documents (page 6)

Ruby456

doug mason

Given that Moses (an Egyptian name) would have lived around about the 12th century BCE, the stories were written some 500 years later - and modified during and after the Neo-Babylonian captivity and exile. And each part was influenced according to which group of scribes was responsible for writing it and in its subsequent editing. (The Watchtower is an amateur when it comes to amending the texts.)
I am currently wearing my fingers down to my elbows collecting and collating material about the early Israelites. At the rate I am going, I suspect it will take me up to a month to cobble my first draft.

I can help if you need any. I am also very interested in historiography and in the development of monotheism.

Hanged Man

Take the tetra out of a historical context......

The "four" (tetra) are found in all religions and cultures worldwide.

The four stags of the yggdrasill tree in Scandinavia for instance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1inn,_Dvalinn,_Duneyrr_and_Dura%C3%BEr%C3%B3r

Or what about the four "heavenly Kings" in Buddhism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Heavenly_Kings

The tetramorphs of various cultures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramorph

The lamassu of the Assyrians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamassu

The Bacab of the Mayans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacab

And loads more.....go google for yourself......all over the world.

If you notice....they all represent the four cardinal directions/four seasons/elements.

As does the cross and swastika....yin/yang and lotus flower.

The Jews take on the "four".....are the four letters.....tetragrammaton........but they all represent the same thing....the four directions/seasons/elements.......Jehovah the god of matter and nature.