Yaweh-mania?

[catholic2]

Prometheum_x:

The Hebrews also never made paintings or sculptures of anything (except when they were busy worshipping idols),

The Hebrews did do sculptures of objects.
The Lord instructed Moses to make the Ark of the Covenant with a cover on it of two Cherubims.
The Hebrew temple had those same two Cherubims in it only much larger, it also had representations of pomegranates, bulls carrying the “brass sea” and other images. Obviously making a sculpture was ok but the “Graven Image” was of course forbidden.

 

[RobNY]

Timidity:

One of the reasons I prefer the Jerusalem Bible over other translations is that when the Tetragrammaton is encountered in the original texts it is “translated” as Yahweh rather than “the LORD”.

For example, in Psalm 8, “Yahweh our lord, how majestic is your name throughout the world” makes much more sense than “O LORD, our Lord…”

Actually, as odd as it sounds to our ears, “Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want…” is actually oddly beautiful, when you think about it.

 

[catholic2]

RobNY:

Actually, as odd as it sounds to our ears, “Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want…” is actually oddly beautiful, when you think about it.

Not only is it beautiful and NOT odd, but God gave it to us through Moses at the time of the burning bush.

Not to get off track, but I think the awesome name of Yeshua Ha Maschiach is also great!

 

[Nekic]

Servus Pio XII:

Point taken. I would have, however, assumed that the name developed in the Roman Church over time, and may date back to St. Jerome’s first translation, which would have been in classical Latin. From there it evolved.

i’m not sure… must…read…

 

[Andreas_Hofer]

It’s already been implicitly pointed out, but just to be the nerd that spells it out nice and explicitly:

There’s a convention in Bible translation to replace “Yahweh” with “the LORD.” The capitalization sets this usage apart from “the Lord,” which is the proper translation of “Adonai.” Once one knows this it becomes apparent that Yahweh occurs in the Bible far more often than one might have realized.

 

[Servus_Pio_XII]

I think, perhaps, this boils down to how Yahweh is used.

If it were treated as the most Holy name of God, I probably would be fine. Like follows (my own composition):

Yahweh, I cannot begin to comprehend your mysteries…

However, in most modern hymns, the lyrics essentially boil down to:

Yahweh, I want to give you a big hug!

It is all in how it is used.