The following chart comes from gerard gertoux s article, dating the reigns of xerxes and artaxerxes. The traditional date of 1595 bce for the destruction of babylon by the hittite king mursili i is accepted by most historians for many years despite notable controversies. Was the new world translations use of the word jehovah. Jesus was the promised king of israel, the christ, the messiah, and so he is also given this title. Gerard gertoux entered the jehovah yahweh controversy in 2002, when he wrote a 328 page book titled. Table of contents american schools of oriental research. Absolute chronology of the ancient world from 2840 bce to 1533 bce. Pdf the origins of the names yahweh and jehovah as related to the hebrew tetragrammaton.
Lilley9781230443461, preussische chronik, volume 8. The writer of chronicles shows a preference for the form elohim, and in ps. Protectourcoastline your search result for gerard gertoux. It was included by origen in his hexapla and tetrapla, which compared various versions of the old testament side by side with the septuagint. The errors corrected by murrell selden 111595 revised 121698, 12222011, 12202012 introduction. Why we are persuaded that hwhy is pronounced yahweh. Its free and setting up an account only takes a moment. So, to read the name yhwh as four vowels would be ihua that is ieua, because between two vowels the h is heard as a slight e.
There is a very generalized tendency to select the jupitersaturn conjunction around 7 bc as the time of christs birth. Today scientists believe in the last ice age called pleistocene ending to 10,000. Maimonides, 800 years ago, wrote that the name is read as it is written. Have mercy upon me, the prayer of the penitent in the fiftyfirst psalm explained tr. Chronology is the backbone of history is usually taught in schools but what is very disturbing is the total absence of reliable chronology to fix the exodus because the date goes from 2100 to 650 bc sparks. Some of the most popular of these are yahweh, i know you are near, by dan schutte, yahweh is my shepherd by millie rieth, and yahweh is. In fact, church fathers and christian writers in general seem to have been constantly attracted to the discussion of the divine names. A long time before, in the first century, flavius josephus, a jewish writer, had written that the tetragram is written with four vowels and not four consonants. It was compiled by various persons and quickly acquired contemporary popularity, for it was continued by many hands in many manuscript traditions. Flavius josephus 37100, who knew the priesthood of this time very well, clarified that, when romans attacked the temple, the jews called upon the fearinspiring name of god. His works are recommended reading for a detailed study on the topic of the tetragrammaton.
However, this famous event occurred at the earliest times of recorded history sumerian king list. He attacked the form ioua used by chateillon reminding that st augustine had explained according to the writer varro that the jews had worshiped ioue jupiter. Fritz poppenberg a german filmaker made a dvd from this article which is available for free on youtube s. Gods name is fundamental to all monotheistic religions. Gerard gertoux has written a deep treatise with a great deal of factual evidence for jehovahs name. Fritz poppenberg a german filmaker made a dvd from the simplified version of the book which is available. Associates for biblical research archives william struse. Pdf in search of the sacred tetragrammaton name of god.
Historians consider the biblical account about jonahs warning against nineveh as a pious fiction, however, the gospels refer to it as a real story lk 11. Origin and development of the modern hebrew writing script. However gerard gertoux says that iehoua is not a transliteration of the pointed tetragrammaton. Using libreoffice as a pdf editor ghacks tech news. The use of the name by early christians 3 symmachus was the author around 165 ce of one of the greek versions of the old testament. Pdf mainstream historians, without exception, consider that coregencies never existed among assyrian. Moses and the exodus chronological, historical and. They base that on petrus galatinuss latin spelling iehoua in 15181520.
The divine name through the ages discussion in controversial christian theology started by serapha. Moses and the exodus chronological, historical and archaeological evidence. Absolute chronology of the ancient world from 2840 bce to. In the bernaga 16th century many italian and german antitrinitarians, persecuted both by calvinists and by the inquisition, sought refuge in transylvania, 38 whose church had adopted antitrinitarian doctrines inand whose aristocratic houses maintained an italianspeaking culture. Vowel marks to make the reading of hebrew easier, marks or points above and below the letters were added to the text by the masoretes, to function as vowels. See gerard gertoux, the name of god yhwh which is pronounced as it is written, university press of america, 2015. In biblical hebrew, most vowels are not written and the rest are written only ambiguously, as the vowel letters double as consonants similar to the latin use of v to indicate both u and v.
Gerard gertoux believed that petrus galatinus was familiar with the book of maimonides the guide of the perplexed. Studies history, science, astronomy, ancient chronological. Suetonius and dio only mention him by name and do not refer to him as a writer. Why we are persuaded that hwhy is pronounced yahweh by larry and june acheson. Gertoux 2002 proposed that the replacement of the tetragrammaton by a7k was. To make the reading of hebrew easier, marks or points above and below the letters were added to the text by the masoretes, to function as vowels. Therefore it is, in general, difficult to deduce how a word is pronounced from its spelling only, and the tetragrammaton is a particularly. Its story reflects on gods name as fundamental to all monotheistic religions. I am already familiar with carl olof jonssons work,which is immensely useful. Name readable but unpronounceable, why gerard gertoux. Dating the reigns of xerxes and artaxerxes abstract.
In some of our churches, hymns and psalm translations are sung that name god as yahweh instead of lord. Born at an unknown date in the 11th century and an unknown place within muslim spain, he embraced christianity and was baptized at huesca. Gods name, which one finds about times in the bible under the form yhwh, possesses the. There has been considerable confusion among scholars as to the date of the death of herod the great. My question specifically concerns bm 32234 which gerard gertoux uses as the basis for his argument that xerxes died in 475 bc and that artaxerxes 20th year is therefore to be dated to 455 bc. The dimensions mentioned seem colossal, however they agree. Gesenius acknowledged, according to the theophoric names, that the name of god could be easily vocalized iehouah. The pivotal date of 465 bce for the death of xerxes has been accepted by historians for many years. I have recently, just today, communicated again with gerard gertoux requesting permission to quote extensive long passages from his book on this topic as a basis for a more indepth forum discussion. Jewish writer elon gilad is one of many scholars who. How many of you that have answered read the article at hand. Moses and the exodus chronological, historical and archaeological evidence gertoux, gerard on. How these two famous writers could they use a different genealogy of the official hebrew text without being roundly criticized.
According to the venus tablet enuma anu enlil 63 which describes the rising and setting of. Gerard gertoux is a scholar who possibly knows more details about the jehovahyahweh controversy, than any other person on the planet earth. This pivotal date is considered crucial to the various calculations of the early chronology of the ancient near east. Historical and archaeological evidence by gerard gertoux p. The alleged death of herod in 4 bc has had a great weight on this, being supported by. It does not occur in ecclesiastes, and in daniel is found only in ch. However, this writer believes the matter to be simple. Sanctified be your name did jesus jehovahsalvation know gods name yhwh. Historian gertoux believes yahu to be a diminutive of yah.
Paradoxically, religions prefer to translate gods name as yahweh he is, adonay my lord, allah the god, rather than a transcription of the name. The first flores historiarum was created by st albans writer, roger of wendoverglores carried his chronology from the creation up tothe year before his death. Gerard gertoux also believes that yhwh consists of four vowels, and that it must be vocalized either yehoah or yehouah e. Early christians, the new testament and the divine name. Historians consider the biblical account of the deluge as a myth. Its story and keith johnson, who promotes the pronunciation yehovah. Gerard gertoux, universite lyon, histoire et archeologie des mondes anciens department, graduate student.
As you can see the reigns of xerxes and artaxerxes i longimanus are the least documented of the persian era. Names of certain individuals are sometimes left out when their mention does not further the writer s purpose. Mainstream historians, without exception, consider that coregencies never existed among assyrian dynasties, because according to an ideological dogma the king never shares power, even with his crown prince, but in the same time, paradoxically. The book of jonah, despite its brevity, gives some verifiable information regarding nineveh, a very old city, which disappeared completely after its destruction in 612 bce. His website contains numerous pdf files with all sorts of chronological data, many if not most of them in english, and certainly worth a visit to have a look into those, i think. The possibility of missing ancestors is demonstrated in ezra 7, where we are presented with this genealogy. Did you also read the many good recensions of nwt in that link, like for example jason debuhn that wrote the most accurate of the translations compared, and a. For applications that dont have builtin or addedon pdf output support, cutepdf writer which installs as a printer that outputs your print jobs to pdf has also usually. Aspects of rendering the sacred tetragrammaton in greek topic of. Chronological, historical and archaeological evidence by gerard gertoux paperback online at lulu.
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