There are even several instances when God changed the names of His people effectively giving them new capacities. For instance, Abram’s name was changed to Abraham, Sarai’s was changed to Sarah, and Jacob’s was changed to Israel. The names of God, as He has unveiled them in Scripture,...
And sure enough, upon any kind of preliminary investigation it readily appears to anyone that the phrase 'ab hamon goyim is not remotely similar to our name Abraham. The phrase contains no "r", for instance, while our name does. God changes Abram's name to Abraham. Likewise, the Lord ...
On the Ineffable Name of God and the Prophet Abraham: An Examination of the Existential-Hasidic Poetry of Abraham Joshua Heschel In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: On the Ineffable Name of God and the Prophet Abraham: An Examination of the Existentia... A ...
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.King James BibleTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;New ...
The Name of the Rose: Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
The thirteenth century kabbalist Abraham Abulafia held Hebrew to be the divine language, designed by God as an ontological aspect of reality. Through meditating on and deconstructing names into their letters, one could then engage in the process of reunifying reality into the primordial Name of ...
The Name of the Rose: Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
2.Early Use of the Name The name was not known to the Patriarchs (Exodus 6:2) God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am Hashem. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai, but with My Name Hashem I did not make myself known to them- Exodus (Shemot) 6:2-...
God demanded of Abraham to go up mount Moriah and sacrifice Isaac as a burned offering (Genesis 22:2), and on that same mountain, Solomon would later build the temple. So, no, child-sacrifice through fire is not very far removed from the core principles of Biblical theology. Modern (i....
Abraham Ibn Ezra and R. Judah Halevi This chapter delves into the positions of R. Abraham Ibn-Ezra and R. Judah Halevi on the name YHWH. These two most influential early Jewish thinkers in medieval times held almost diametrically opposed views of the divine name. R. Abraham... H Ben-...