Friday, January 02, 2015

Initial Links on "The Fear of God" (Jewish Sources)

http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6045-fear-of-god

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0006_0_06302.html

http://www.mhcny.org/pdf/mitzvatasei4.pdf

9 comments:

Duncan said...

Edgar,

I have just found this:-

http://individual.utoronto.ca/daphna_heller/research/Heller2002a.pdf

This is just the beginning & if it supports my claim it will have a significant impact on isaiah 9:6 also.

Edgar Foster said...

You might also benefit from reading the Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon by Julius Fürst, pages 602-4.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ELwsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA603&lpg=PA603&dq=fear+of+god+hebrew+construct+state&source=bl&ots=jT41el1e-_&sig=SIRduS00rz46Pb7QyWJjk1LkTwo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hCWoVM_cJcW2yATZooKgAw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=fear%20of%20god%20hebrew%20construct%20state&f=false

Edgar Foster said...

Duncan,

here's an other link on the construct state: https://books.google.com/books?id=HDZh8cQRAH0C&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=fear+of+god+hebrew+construct+state&source=bl&ots=mDKRAVcOLp&sig=Ugom5X000KqgpNIR9iF94Ro7vaU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_CqoVIz0EoGeyAS3vYKwCA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=fear%20of%20god%20hebrew%20construct%20state&f=false

If the link gets mingled, please see page 253ff in the grammar by Marcus Moritz Kalisch.

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Edgar Foster said...

Duncan,

To be clear, you will not get an argument from me concerning the construct state being used in the Tanakh. However, my point is that the construct can be used subjectively or objectively depending on context. The links I reference in this thread seem to understand "the fear of YHWH" objectively (for the most part) rather than construing yirah subjectively.

Duncan said...
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Edgar Foster said...

Duncan,

these sigla can all be found on page 9 of the 1984 NWT, but here they are:

א (ʼAleph) Codex Sinaiticus, Gr., fourth cent. C.E., British Museum, H.S., G.S.

A Codex Alexandrinus, Gr., fifth cent. C.E., British Museum, H.S., G.S.

Vg = the Vulgate

J7 Christian Greek Scriptures in 12 languages, including Heb., by Elias Hutter, Nuremberg, 1599.

J8 Christian Greek Scriptures, Heb., by William Robertson, London, 1661.

Regards,

Edgar

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