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The Name : a history of the dual-gendered Hebrew name for God / Mark Sameth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2020]Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781532693854
  • 1532693850
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 231 23
LOC classification:
  • BT180.N2 S26 2020eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- The Cradle of Civilization Rocked Both Ways: 2700-1400 BCE -- Out of Egypt: 1400-586 BCE -- By the Rivers of Babylon: 586 BCE-70 CE -- The Chain of Transmission: 70-870 CE -- The Wandering Secret: 870-1492 CE -- Coming Home: 1492-1948 CE -- Interpreting the Name: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Summary: "The God of ancient Israel--universally referred to in the masculine today--was understood by its earliest worshipers to be a dual-gendered, male-female deity. So argues Mark Sameth in The Name. Needless to say, this is no small claim. Half the people on the planet are followers of one of the three Abrahamic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--each of which has roots in the ancient cult that worshiped this deity. The author's evidence, however, is compelling and his case meticulously constructed. The Hebrew name of God--YHWH--has not been uttered in public for over two thousand years. Some thought the lost pronunciation was "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." But Sameth traces the name to the late Bronze Age and argues that it was expressed Hu-Hi--Hebrew for "He-She." Among Jewish mystics, we learn, this has long been an open secret."--Back cover.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2580518

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Introduction -- The Cradle of Civilization Rocked Both Ways: 2700-1400 BCE -- Out of Egypt: 1400-586 BCE -- By the Rivers of Babylon: 586 BCE-70 CE -- The Chain of Transmission: 70-870 CE -- The Wandering Secret: 870-1492 CE -- Coming Home: 1492-1948 CE -- Interpreting the Name: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

"The God of ancient Israel--universally referred to in the masculine today--was understood by its earliest worshipers to be a dual-gendered, male-female deity. So argues Mark Sameth in The Name. Needless to say, this is no small claim. Half the people on the planet are followers of one of the three Abrahamic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--each of which has roots in the ancient cult that worshiped this deity. The author's evidence, however, is compelling and his case meticulously constructed. The Hebrew name of God--YHWH--has not been uttered in public for over two thousand years. Some thought the lost pronunciation was "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." But Sameth traces the name to the late Bronze Age and argues that it was expressed Hu-Hi--Hebrew for "He-She." Among Jewish mystics, we learn, this has long been an open secret."--Back cover.