Ehyeh asher Ehyeh
The title of this volume, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, is presented in Scripture as a name of God. It appears in Scripture only once, at Exodus 3:14, where it has a mysterious feel that resists easy explication, even though the words are not at all obscure linguistically and, indeed, can be taken as a straightforward sentence in relatively simple Hebrew. Adding to the mystery, it also has a shorter form to which Scripture alludes in the same verse (simply "Ehyeh")—but it is not obvious if the long form is to be taken as an elaboration of the basic shorter name or if the shorter name is merely an abbreviated version of the longer one. Nor is it clear how the narrative context of the passage sheds light on the meaning of the name, if it does: the Ehyeh name is one of many things revealed by God to Moses at the burning bush, but it is not clear to what extent that name is tied to that specific one of the prophet's encounters with the Divine. And it also seems noteworthy that both forms of the Ehyeh name (the longer and the shorter one) appear only one time in all of Scripture; we never read of Moses obeying God's direct command and actually using that specific name when speaking to the people—a detail that seems important, yet is neither resolved nor even noticed within the narrative.
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Ehyeh asher Ehyeh
The title of this volume, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, is presented in Scripture as a name of God. It appears in Scripture only once, at Exodus 3:14, where it has a mysterious feel that resists easy explication, even though the words are not at all obscure linguistically and, indeed, can be taken as a straightforward sentence in relatively simple Hebrew. Adding to the mystery, it also has a shorter form to which Scripture alludes in the same verse (simply "Ehyeh")—but it is not obvious if the long form is to be taken as an elaboration of the basic shorter name or if the shorter name is merely an abbreviated version of the longer one. Nor is it clear how the narrative context of the passage sheds light on the meaning of the name, if it does: the Ehyeh name is one of many things revealed by God to Moses at the burning bush, but it is not clear to what extent that name is tied to that specific one of the prophet's encounters with the Divine. And it also seems noteworthy that both forms of the Ehyeh name (the longer and the shorter one) appear only one time in all of Scripture; we never read of Moses obeying God's direct command and actually using that specific name when speaking to the people—a detail that seems important, yet is neither resolved nor even noticed within the narrative.
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BN ID: | 2940161401019 |
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Publisher: | New Paradigm Matrix |
Publication date: | 05/31/2019 |
Series: | Mesorah Matrix , #9 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 10 MB |
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