Re: Tradition Trumps Truth: Jehovah - The Recovery's Misnomer - Tomes
Good article, Nigel. I became aware of the Jehovah problem about 15 years ago via a young man I had taught in high school who now attended a Bible study I was leading. I argued stupidly with him, relying on my superior knowledge which, come to find out was in fact greatly inferior to his, a good lesson in humility for me.
Later I discovered that word of explanation in the Recovery Version and was troubled. At that time I still held the RV in high regard. It did seem highly ironic that the group that calls itself the "Recovery" was so quick to dismiss the research that showed a truly lost form.
Having said all that, I do see a fallacy in today's trend by some to call Jesus Yeshuva. Jesus is simply the English form of such. To say Jesus is to say Yeshuva.
To say Jehovah, though, is not to say Yahweh, the point of which Nigel does a good job of proving.
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