The author utilizes this article to inform readers about the misuse of the name Jehovah in Christian translation. He points out that this was mispronunciation was recognized and caused The New American Standard Bible to remove it from their version. Names that should have been known for God in Christianity were not included in our translations. Listing the Contents Adler What’s in a name article- Brief Explanation of the Contents The author utilizes this article to inform readers about the importance of a name. Names are given to define the nouns that they described. The author describes Moses and the Burning Bush in relevance to the importance of names. It was so important that God’s name be understood that it was repeated in 3 different ways for clarity. Listing the Contents Loewen The names of God in the Old Testament article- Brief Explanation of the Contents Elohim was spoken of as a primary name used for God. El and Elohim were shown through numerous examples of singular or plural names for God or gods. YHWH and Elohim are talked about as being connected in this article. The author says that both names represent God, just on different levels. The names of God can also be combined to create other names of praise. Listing the Contents Stacks God’s sovereignty and Old Testament names article- Brief Explanation of the Contents Understanding God’s sovereignty truly gives us the opportunity to exalt praise to God. When we understand how great he is, we…
When anyone asks me what my culture identity is, the first thing to pop into my head is everything I am surrounded by and the closest people to me, also the activities I do on the daily and how it is done. Culture is something that is shared and learned as you grow up. What you learned is partially who you end up being in the future whether you can identify it or not. I define my culture identity as the things I am closest to and who I am closest to, which happens to be Jehovah God, his word the…
Before spring break started, I had no clue as to what my next experience would be about. Every year in the spring, the Jehovah Witnesses have an assembly to encourage one another and to help them draw closer to God. This year the theme was “Maintain Your Love for Jehovah”. The assembly usually takes place in Jackson, but because of March Madness, we were sent to Hammond, Louisiana. A week before we had to go, my grandmother told me that I would have to drive this year. She knows I have a…
My answer for this question was “the 'towers' so to speak that are at each cardinal point representing the elements. Some traditions use them, some do not.” Some people misjudge this word, and even the search bar does it for the Jehovah Witness's publication that they put out, however, it is “The Watchtower” and this is talking about the plural Watchtowers. The watchtowers are where the watchers or guardians live. The guardians can be a wide range of things depending upon your tradition, also…
Nazareth were next to become revolutionary. As the Son, he quietly practiced his miracles, and it wasn’t until his death that Christianity became a widely popular religion. Lastly, the Last Messenger, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught the teachings Allah instructed him to teach as the religion of Islam. The one thing that was always maintained in these religions? One Almighty God. To understand the origins of God in all three Abrahamic religions, we must examine where the name of God derived from…
ago. Islam was founded by Muhammad in the 7th century. Christianity was founded by Emperor Constantine in 325 A.D. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share many qualities, but they also have many differences. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have many things in common. Each religion practices a time of fasting during the year. In Islam, Muslims fast for a whole month during Ramadan because it brings faith close to God and reminds them of the suffering of the less fortunate. While in Judaism, they…
complete Bible in English was published in Antwerp in 1935 (cf. Campbell 15). To fill the gap left by Tyndale, he translated the OT, from German and Latin translations. Campbell gives examples of passages from Coverdale's translations that have been adopted into the the KJV, such as his translation of Psalm 25:6: 'call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses, which have been ever of old'. His translation became the principle subject of the wish of Henry VIII to have…
the "Shasu,’ which translated from Egyptian means "those who move on foot" and are described as a group of livestock herding nomadic wanderers. The Shasu, originally from Edom and Moab, were a Semitic speaking culture organized into tribal clans who traveled through the lands of the Sinai Peninsula, the Levant and Egypt. The picture at the top-right shows a carving found on a stone column at a temple in ancient Soleb, Egypt that was constructed during the reign of Amenhotep III, from 1388 to…
mother Catherine de Medici, they effectively lost their influence on the king.2 Catherine de Medici, although being a devout Catholic was indeed more moderate in her views and with the goal of unifying the people of France, professed moderation on the Huguenot question. For this reason, she passed in January 1562 the Edict of Saint Germain, which gave legal recognition to the Reformed cult.3 This political moved angered the Guises and the Catholic faction, who decided to act radically to get rid…
name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.’(Gen. 21:33). Towns comments that “by calling on God as El Olam, Abraham was calling on the One Who is always and eternally available to us....People today need just such a God as the eternal, unchangeable Lord, El Olam.” Yahweh The name Yahweh is the most personal name by which God revealed His special redemptive relationship with man. It was often transliterated Yahweh or in English as Jehovah and written in capitals, LORD. The Jewish people revered…