Tetragrammaton: Western Christians and the Hebrew Name of God: From the Beginnings to the Seventeenth CenturyThe Christian Reception of the Hebrew name of God has not previously been described in such detail and over such an extended period. This work places that varied reception within the context of early Jewish and Christian texts; Patristic Studies; Jewish-Christian relationships; Mediaeval thought; the Renaissance and Reformation; the History of Printing; and the development of Christian Hebraism. The contribution of notions of the Tetragrammaton to orthodox doctrines and debates is exposed, as is the contribution its study made to non-orthodox imaginative constructs and theologies. Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Hermetic and magical texts are given equally detailed consideration. There emerge from this sustained and detailed examination several recurring themes concerning the difficulty of naming God, his being and his providence. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Eclipse of the Name | 43 |
2 The First Christians and the Tetragrammaton | 89 |
3 The Tetragrammaton among the Orthodox in Late Antiquity | 123 |
4 The Tetragrammaton among Gnostics and Magicians in Late Antiquity | 155 |
5 The Tetragrammaton in Jewish Hebrew Mishnaic Talmudic Hekalot and Biblical Texts in Later Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages | 178 |
Times of Ignorance | 213 |
7 The Tetragrammaton in Private Devotion and Magic in the Middle Ages | 266 |
9 The Early Christian Kabbalists and the Tetragrammaton | 313 |
10 The Tetragrammaton in Vernacular Bibles Popular Print and Illustration | 351 |
11 The Tetragrammaton and Scholars at the Time of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations ... | 382 |
12 The Tetragrammaton in Renaissance Magic and among the Later Christian Kabbalists | 416 |
13 The Demystification of Language and the Triumph of Philology | 460 |
Conclusion | 482 |
Bibliography | 487 |
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Adonai angel appears Aramaic Augustine Basel biblical Cambridge century A.D. Chapter Christ Christian Hebraists Christian Kabbalists Christology Commentary considered context Dead Sea Scrolls Deus discussed divine name Dominus Drusius Early Christian Early Modern edition elohim evidence Exodus Father Gnostic God's Gospel Greek Hebraica Hebrew Bible Hebrew Tetragrammaton Hebrew text Holy iaô Idel idem Illustration ineffable interpretation Jehova Jerome Jewish Jewish Magic Jews Johann John Journal Judaism Kabbalistic language later Latin Leiden Literature London Lord Luther Maimonides manuscripts Martin Massoretic mediaeval Middle Ages Moses Mysticism name of Jesus name yhwh nomen nomina sacra Nomine Old Testament original Oxford paleo-Hebrew Papyri Paris perhaps Philo Philosophy Pico printed pronunciation proper name Psalm pseudo-Dionysius Qumran quod rabbinic Raymund Martin Reformation Renaissance Reuchlin Revelation scholars script Scripture Scrolls Sephiroth Septuagint siècle Studies Talmud Tetragrammaton Theology tion tradition translation Trinitarian Trinity Tübingen vocalization vowels word written Yahweh yhwh