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According to Latter-day Saints, Jesus is Jehovah in OT. Therefore do they view all the occurrences of the Tetragrammaton as referring to Jesus?
Lesson 5 in the "Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel Teacher Manual" (link) has the title Jesus Christ Was Jehovah of the Old Testament.
In the introduction this lesson says that:
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GOD/JESUS - Greek - Yahuwah/Yashuah - Hebrew
Growing up having a Christian background, I was taught to use God/Jesus to refer to the Creator and Son.
Recently, I've come across some information stating that our Creator has a Name and that we ...
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Why don't we use Yahuah? [closed]
Why don't we use God's actual name, Yahuah? I came across this link: http://promotethetruth.com/id1.html
and some of the items brought up made sense (especially the very last two paragraphs).
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YHWH translated to Jehovah 4 times in KJV but not elsewhere... why? [duplicate]
YHWH is regularly translated as LORD in English translations of the Bible, including the KJV. I grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness and this was regularly used as a way of proving that they knew God ...
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Do any Christian denominations forbid pronouncing the Tetragrammaton?
In Judaism it has been a taboo to pronounce the four letter name of God. It was never explicitly said when reading the Jewish scriptures. Do any forms of Christianity have a similar approach?
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to the literalist (YEC), question about the name "LORD"
In Genesis 2 and 3, the story-teller (the author) use "LORD" (Yahweh) several times.
To me, the situation by the time the author wrote/tell the story read in Genesis 2 - at least some people live at ...
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In Catholic theology is Yehovah the Father or all three persons?
When reading the Hebrew scriptures and one encounters a reference to Yehovah, does that map in the NT to the Father? Or to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost? For example, in this passage can we be ...
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Does the divine name YHWH (יַהְוֶה) apply equally to all Persons of the Trinity? (Catholic/Nicene perspective)
According to the Catholic Church (and other Nicene Churches), does the divine name YHWH (יַהְוֶה) apply equally to all Persons of the Sacred Trinity?
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Discrepancy between Yahweh (Christian Bibles) and Eh-yeh (Torah)
I am currently working on a religious drama and outsmarted myself. I come to you for help.
Growing up Jewish, I did not hear the term Yahweh until I was 14 in Western Civilization. "Well, you know, ...
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Why are the other names of God not used in Christianity?
The Bible has lots of names and titles for God: the Tetragrammaton ("YHWH"), Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh, Yah, Adonai, HaShem, Adoshem, YHWH Tzevaot, as well as Adonai, Baali, El, Elah, Eloah, Elohim, El Roi, ...
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Why did the KJV translators translate יהוה on the extremely rare occasion as IEHOVAH rather than LORD?
The KJV translators almost always translated the Tetragrammaton into English as "LORD" (all capital letters).
For example, in Deut. 6:4:
But, on the rare occasion—extremely rare—they chose instead ...
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What is the Biblical basis for concluding 'Jesus is Yahweh (Jehovah or LORD)'?
Of course Christianity believes Jesus is God, but I am interested in this question for the argument that Jehovah (I AM), the name of God which later Jews were not allowed to speak, is a term not ...
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Why is the word 'Lord' in all caps in the OT but not in the NT?
My friend asked me the other day, why is the word 'Lord' in all capital letters in the Old Testament but not the New Testament?
I tend to lean towards the fact that the OT was written in Hebrew and ...
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