Bungler on Nostr: Interesting to note that in antiquity, the Hebrew YHWH was, in the Septuagint, not ...

Interesting to note that in antiquity, the Hebrew YHWH was, in the Septuagint, not treated like a proper name ala Moses or Abraham & transliterated/transposed into the Greek, but was treated as a descriptive title, translated as the Greek phrase "Ego Eimi Ho Eimi", "I Am That Am", or "I Am The Being".

Treating YHWH as "Yahweh", a proper name, seems to stem more from scholars wanting to treat God as having been but another pagan "deity" -- a contingent, finite creature, as opposed to the self-existent The Being -- that was later elevated. But when one realizes YHWH is descriptive of Being Himself, it sinks that.

Indeed when you realize YHWH was a descriptive phrase, it sheds light on why the Hebrews were adverse to pronouncing it aloud when reading the scriptures, & substituted "Adonai" or "Elohim" instead: they did not want it to sound like they were claiming to be The Being, by saying the words "I Am That Am", only God got to say that. (This is also related to John 8, when the Lord said "Before Abraham was, I am", & the Jews attempted to stone him, they understood He was referencing YHWH & stating Himself to be God).