عنوان

The Jewish Tetragrammaton:

شماره

LA118948

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Jewish Tetragrammaton:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Secrecy, Community, and Prestige among Greek-Writing Jews of the Early Roman Empire

نام نخستين پديدآور

Nathanael Andrade

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In his retelling of Exod 3:14-16, Josephus (A.J. 2.275-276) frames the Tetragrammaton as a name that only Jews knew, and he indicates that Jews were not to intone it or disclose it to foreigners. His account illuminates a practice that certain Jews cultivated regarding their non-disclosure of the divine name. The disposition of Jews not to utter their divinity's name preserved its sanctity and expressed acknowledgement of its ineffable character. But certain Jews, such as Josephus and Philo, also promoted among themselves and outsiders the premise that knowledge of the divine name was a characteristic feature of Jews, a feature of which non-Jews were unaware. Moreover, they framed knowledge of it as being restricted to a subgroup of privileged Jews, who safeguarded its sanctity. In this way, such Jews circulated and bolstered the Tetragrammaton's reputation for secrecy. Intriguingly, Greek and Latin authors of the Roman Empire appear to corroborate this premise. Even as the divine name underwent increased circulation among non-Jews, such authors still conceived of the Jewish divinity as having a name that Jews did not disclose. Such was the Tetragrammaton's reputation for secrecy, one which certain Jews actively cultivated and amplified. In his retelling of Exod 3:14-16, Josephus (A.J. 2.275-276) frames the Tetragrammaton as a name that only Jews knew, and he indicates that Jews were not to intone it or disclose it to foreigners. His account illuminates a practice that certain Jews cultivated regarding their non-disclosure of the divine name. The disposition of Jews not to utter their divinity's name preserved its sanctity and expressed acknowledgement of its ineffable character. But certain Jews, such as Josephus and Philo, also promoted among themselves and outsiders the premise that knowledge of the divine name was a characteristic feature of Jews, a feature of which non-Jews were unaware. Moreover, they framed knowledge of it as being restricted to a subgroup of privileged Jews, who safeguarded its sanctity. In this way, such Jews circulated and bolstered the Tetragrammaton's reputation for secrecy. Intriguingly, Greek and Latin authors of the Roman Empire appear to corroborate this premise. Even as the divine name underwent increased circulation among non-Jews, such authors still conceived of the Jewish divinity as having a name that Jews did not disclose. Such was the Tetragrammaton's reputation for secrecy, one which certain Jews actively cultivated and amplified.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

198-223

عنوان

Journal for the Study of Judaism

شماره جلد

46/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0631

اصطلاح موضوعی

Greek-writing Jews

اصطلاح موضوعی

Josephus

اصطلاح موضوعی

Judaism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Philo

اصطلاح موضوعی

Roman period

اصطلاح موضوعی

Tetragrammaton

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nathanael Andrade

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700631-12340099

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y