Sunday, October 15, 2023

Resources for Esther and the Tetragrammaton

 https://www.galaxie.com/article/bsac171-684-04

https://sats.ac.za/blog/2021/03/01/surprises-in-esther/

https://www.academia.edu/10195380/ACCIDENT_OR_ACRONYMY_THE_TETRAGRAMMATON_IN_THE_MASORETIC_TEXT_OF_ESTHER

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42751218.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa58bc3114ebc8336b2b48b215a83555b&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

https://www.jewishideas.org/article/why-name-god-not-mentioned-megillat-esther

https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/the-hidden-hand-of-god/

http://jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2016/03/esthers-acrostic-secret.html

2 comments:

  1. What's your opinion on this issue, is the name hidden in Esther?

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  2. Roman, it's take me a long time to come to a firm opinion/view on some things. To be honest, while I learned about acrostic poetry years ago, I have long been suspicious of seeing God's name (YHWH) in Esther. However, after reading a number of scholarly works and reading the study Bible comments for NWT, I'm now up to maybe. I can also see the rationale since the Jews were living under Persian rule that apparently turned hostile to a degree. So, I'm not dogmatic about it and think it's possible the name is there, but I'm not a firm "yes" at this point.

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