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Apr 2, 2024 · To blaspheme is to speak with contempt about God or to be defiantly irreverent. Blasphemy is verbal or written reproach of God’s name, character, work, or attributes. Blasphemy was a serious crime in the law God gave to Moses. The Israelites were to worship and obey God. In Leviticus 24:10–16, a man blasphemed the name of God.
- What is The Greatest Sin
No sin is greater than another sin in the eternal sense. All...
- Blasphemy Against The Holy Spirit
The concept of “blasphemy against the Spirit” is mentioned...
- What is The Greatest Sin
Judah. praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" ( Genesis 29:35). It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared ( Genesis 37:26 Genesis 37:27).
- Extra-Biblical Mention of Yahweh
- Yahweh in The Bible
- Yahweh in The Canaanite Pantheon
- Yahweh as God of Metallurgy
- From God of Metallurgy to Supreme Deity
- Early & Later Religious Belief & Practice
The oldest mention of Yahweh was long held to be the Moabite Stone (also known as the Mesha Stele) erected by King Mesha of Moab to celebrate his victory over Israel in c. 840 BCE. The inscription mentions how Mesha, after defeating the Israelites, “took the vessels of Yahweh to Kemosh” (the chief god of Moab), meaning the objects sacred to the wor...
The Bible does mention other nations worshipping Yahweh and how the god arrived from Edom to help the Israelites in warfare(Deuteronomy 33:2, Judges 5:4-5) but this is not the central narrative. In the Bible, Yahweh is the one true God who creates the heavens and the earth and then chooses a certain people, the Israelites, as his own. Yahweh create...
The biblical narrative, however, is not as straightforward as it may seem as it also includes reference to the Canaanite god El whose name is directly referenced in Israel(He Who Struggles with God or He Who Perseveres with God). El was the chief deity of the Canaanite pantheon and the god who, according to the Bible, gave Yahweh authority over the...
According to scholar Nissim Amzallag, however, Yahweh was a god of metallurgy. Amzallag writes: Amzallag further notes the similarities between Yahweh and other gods of metallurgy: Amzallag compares the attributes of the Egyptian Ptah and the Mesopotamian Ea/Enki along with Napir of Elam, all gods of metallurgy (among their other attributes) with Y...
Yahweh, according to Amzallag, was transformed from one god among many to the supreme deity by the Israelites in the Iron Age (c.1200-930 BCE) when iron replaced bronze and the copper smelters, whose craft was seen as a kind of transformative magic, lost their unique status. In this new age, the Israelites in Canaan sought to distance themselves fr...
Initially, the people of Canaan, including the Israelites, practiced a form of ancestor worship in which they venerated the “god of the father” or the “god of the house”, in addition to paying homage to their earthly ancestors, in an effort to establish individual tribal and family connections (van der Toorn, 177). In time, this practice evolved in...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Boaz. Boaz [N] [H] [S] alacrity. The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the "levirate law" the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess ( Ruth 4:1-13 ). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. The name given (for what reason is unknown) to one of the two (the other was called Jachin) brazen ...
Dec 28, 2020 · Blasphemy is generally defined as the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things, synonymous with irreverence and disrespect of God or Christ. According to Merriam-Webster, blasphemy is defined as “the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God; and/or the act of claiming the attributes of a ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Jehovah. Jehovah [B] [H] [S] the special and significant name (not merely an appellative title such as Lord [adonai]) by which God revealed himself to the ancient Hebrews ( Exodus 6:2 Exodus 6:3 ). This name, the Tetragrammaton of the Greeks, was held by the later Jews to be so sacred that it was never pronounced ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Yahweh is a significant and sacred name of God in the Hebrew Bible. It holds deep meaning and offers insights into the eternal, self-existent nature of God. The name Yahweh translates to “I AM WHO I AM” or “the LORD.”. It signifies God’s presence, his eternal existence, and his unchanging character.
